Analysis of Bayou Livin' (Spring/Summer version)
We're coming home
Crossing bridges
Rebuilding our lives
Who's going fishin'?
I'm coming
The rain falls
Our heart's sing
They buy
We sell
Red fish Rodeo
Cajun women drink beer
Fight like a guy
Nasty mouth
Bite your tongue
Who's goin' down to the Bayou?
Cast your net to the other side
You speak the lingo
Dark nights
Country hearts
City lights
Floating by
Spring Festivals
Crawfish boils
Riverboat dancing
Summer romance
Watch the Cathedral lights change
Walk by the water
There's only one beach
Ponchartrain
A kiss on the pier
Riverboat gambling
Bonfire fireworks
Come on
I'll show ya how the Empire works
Floating in your blown up pool
Drunk
Sunglass tan
Backyard barbques
Asleep on the front porch
Squeeky porch swing
Endless family arguments
Everyone always hears them
Nosey neighbors
Nosey Cops
Hidden drug deals between them
Annoying bosses
Not enough jobs
Too much sleeping around
That's how they get jobs
French Quarter finance
Dance down Bourbon
Sell your art on the ground
The puking sounds disturbing
French Market bound
Music in the distance
Mostly Jazz and Zydeco
Listen to that sound
Walk theough the crowds
Scheme | ABCDEFEGHIJGKLMNIOPOGQRESTUVDJEWDWXYDBZE1 2 3 4 2 5 6 7 6 SD7 E7 8 I7 9 |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1010 010101 1101 110 011 1011 11 11 1110 101011 1101 101 111 1111010 11110101 11010 11 101 101 101 1100 11 1010 1001 1001011 11010 11011 1 01101 10100 101 11 111101001 1001111 1 11 11 011011 111 10100100 10111 110 11 1011011 01010 1011 111001 11111 11001 1110 111101 011010 1101 100010 101010 10111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,063 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 58 |
Lines Amount | 58 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 921 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 188 |
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Submitted on July 02, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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