Analysis of Simply Me
My father is black, my mother is white
On census forms I am asked to make a choice
Because it is law, does that make it right?
Please don't define me by the color of my skin
Why can't I be appreciated for the beauty within?
Why must I choose , why must I pick one or the other
By doing so, am I denouncing my mother or father?
My curly hair is not silky straight
Nor do I sport an afro
The color of my skin is neither black or white
I am a beautiful honey brown almond cocoa!
Black, afro - american, mulatto, biracial are all terms the world uses to describe me
Why is it so important to put me into a box
Why can't I just simply be me.....
Scheme | AXA BBCC XDAD EXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111011 11011111101 0111111111 110111010111 11110100101001 1111111111010 110111010110110 110111101 1111110 010111110111 1101001011010 110010001001011101101011 11110101110101 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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