Analysis of If The Blue Mountains Could Sing
Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)
A sea of Blue Mountains
As far as the eyes can see
Sing about your blue tapestry
Sweet Blue Mountains
Your purple majesty
Deep in your eyes
The cool rivers flow
Hills and pine trees
All covered with snow
Eagles fly high
Above every hilltop
Blue Mountains roll
Down to the blue shore
Blue eyes watch over me
A sweet voice sings back to thee
Sing in every chapel
Sing a Tennessee wedding song
If the Blue Mountains could sing, then
All the church bells would ring,
And sing, Blue Mountains were
You belong
| Scheme | ABB ABXCXC XXXX BB XD XXXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110 1110111 10111100 1110 110100 1011 01101 1011 11011 1011 011001 1101 11011 111101 0111111 1010010 1001101 10110111 101111 011100 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 491 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 6, 4, 2, 2, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Written on September 13, 2021
Submitted by gregory_g on September 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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