Analysis of Aretha
Once she performed it
she made it her own
With joy we all listened
and marveled atoned
Endowed from the heavens
the Angels in awe
Her spirit celestial
your nerve endings raw
A voice for all seasons
Grand Madam of sound
To search for a lifetime
her like never found
While crossing each genre
she made time a slave
Her stylings eternal
— a gift heaven gave
(For Aretha Franklin: January, 2024)
Scheme | AXXA BCDC BEXE XFDF X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 11101 111110 0101 011010 01001 010010 11101 011110 11011 11101 01101 110110 11101 01010 01101 101010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 397 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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