Analysis of I'm Jealous Of Her Brain
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I'm jealous of her brain.
Her poetry
How it cuts through the soul
Bringing grown men to their knees
Weeping like broken hearted children.
Her brain, a wonder to behold
Words flow like a river, untamed and bold
Verses that slice through the air
Leaving hearts broken, shattered in despair
I, in contrast, struggle to write
Words escaping me, like a bird in flight
Not the brightest, not the best
A GPA so low, it put me to the test
Cheating, my only solution
To graduate high school, no more confusion
But she, oh she is on another plane
A thesaurus of knowledge, a never-ending vein
Where does she store all those words?
Those similes, those metaphors, so absurd
Her brain, a vessel for creativity
I'm jealous, oh so full of envy
But more than that, I am happy
For her talent, her passion, her poetry
Write on, lady, let your words fly
Let the world hear your magic, let your voice reach the sky.
Scheme | ABXXC DDEE FFGG CCAA XXBB BBHH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110101 0100 111101 1011111 101101010 01010101 111010101 1011101 1011010001 10101011 1010110101 1010101 0111111101 10110010 11001111010 1111110101 0010110010101 1111111 111100101 0101010100 110111110 11111110 10100100100 11101111 1011110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 901 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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