Analysis of A ordinary day

A ordinary day 1968 (Syracuse, NY)



“Freeze, don’t move, hands to the sky”
“What’s the hell’s going on?”
“Man is you high?”
“Is I’m being arrested?”
“Not yet, detained”
“I can’t believe this”
“This is insane.”
“Oh, now I’m being arrested?”
“Then what’s the charge?”
“Robbery?”
“Assault?”
“Black man at large?”
“I fit the description”
“Man, that picture is not me”
“That’s a 20 year old “
“I’m elderly “
“I’m free to go?”
“ Be on my way “
“ A ordinary life”
“ Of a ordinary day.”


Scheme ABACDEFCGHIGJHKHLMNM
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 1111101 001101 1111 1110010 1101 11011 1101 11110010 1001 100 01 1111 110010 1110111 1011 1100 1111 1111 01001 101001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 542
Words 94
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 294
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Written on November 20, 2022

Submitted by etwashin14 on February 11, 2024

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A ordinary day

Eric T. Washington (ETW) graduated from Syracuse University with a BA in Psychology, AA and AS degree from Onondaga Community College in the fields of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Labor Studies and a AOS degree from Bryant & Stratton College. Lover and writer of traditional poetry. more…

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