Analysis of I’m Light Skin
Sonja Huggins-Martin 1993 (SC)
I’m light skin
Your not a strong black woman
I’m light skin
My melanin might not be as dark as yours
But my mind is darker than yours
Your not a strong black woman
I’m light skin
From the bottom of my feet , to the top of my head , the roots that flows through my scalp like the air that i breathe , shows me
Your not a strong black woman
I’m light skin
No curves over here but the path i walk shows me every step that i can dream
I can accomplish whatever is thrown at me
I’m light skin
Your not a strong black woman
Beauty , poise , confidence, eager , intelligence, charisma && character
Why can i not be ?
Cause my melanin is light ?
Well that still doesn’t change anything
So yes i am light skin
&& I’m a strong black woman
Now move over && make room for me .
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1101110 111 11001111111 11111011 1101110 111 1010111101111011111110111111 1101110 111 11101101111110011111 11010101111 111 1101110 101100100100010100 11111 1110011 1111110 111111 101110 11101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 799 |
| Words | 154 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 593 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 160 |
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