Analysis of An Explanation
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
Look heah! 'Splain to me de reason
Why you said to Squire Lee,
Der wuz twelve ole chicken thieves
In dis heah town, includin' me.
Ef he tole you dat, my brudder,
He said sump'n dat warn't true;
W'at I said wuz dis, dat der wuz
Twelve, widout includin' you.
Oh! . . . !—
| Scheme | ABCBDDCEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 11111110 111111 1111101 011111 1111111 11111111 10011111111 1111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 271 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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