Analysis of Venus and Serena
Earlwyn Wynter (Nubian) 1946 (OLD ROAD)
VENUS AND SERENA
TWO WINNING TENNIS STARS,
THEY ARE, THE WILLIAMS SISTERS.
THESE TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG WOMEN,
ARE THE WONDERFUL WILLIAMS CHILDREN.
THEIR PARENTS PREPARED THEM WELL,
TO PLAY THE GAMES,
BUT THEY DID NOT DO SO WELL, WHEN CHOOSING THEIR NAMES.
ONE IS REGAL. SHE’S A QUEEN.
SHE IS SO SOFT AND SO SERENE.
DID THEY CALL HER SERENA?
NO, VENUS IS WHAT THEY NAMED HER.
THE OTHER IS A GEORGEOUS GODDESS.
WHY THEY DIDN’T NAME HER VENUS, I CANNOT GUESS.
THIS SUPERSTAR OF THE ARENA,
THEY NAMED HER SWEET SERENA.
REGARDLESS OF THE NAME REVERSAL,
THEIR CLAIM TO TENNIS FAME, IS UNIVERSAL.
SO, SAY SERENA, OR SAY VENUS,
EITHER WAY, YOU SAY TENNIS GENIUS! Nubian-9.7.2022
Scheme | A XXBBXCCDDAXEXAAFFEB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 100010 110101 1101010 111000100110 101001010 1100111 1101 111111111011 1110101 11110101 1110010 11011110 01010110 11110101101 10110010 1101010 010101010 1111011010 110101110 101111010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 19 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 263 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
About this poem
Based on their personalities, their names should be reversed.
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Written on September 07, 2022
Submitted by wynterec on November 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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