Analysis of 2020/08/27 ~ A Man Shot
Cheyenne Seaman 2003 (Philadelphia)
Twas nigh on September's beginning
When a man in the back, seven times was shot.
Racial injustice, in the streets, they did cry,
For an armed criminal wanted by law and by cop.
Nigh on a million was raised for this man.
Shot for being black is what they did say.
Riots and fires breaking out everywhere
All in support of racial justice, they claim.
When will they open their blind eyes and see
Just what they are doing to society?
Until they do, forever will I speak,
And pray they don't get between my voice and me.
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX AAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010010 10100110111 10010001111 1111001011011 1101011111 1110111111 1001010110 10011101011 1111011101 11111010100 0111010111 01111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 505 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted by RoseofVenus on March 18, 2021
Modified by RoseofVenus on August 14, 2021
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