Analysis of Tell Your Children
Jacqueline Harrison Foote 1953 (Alabama)
Do not forget to tell your children. Tell them now!
Do not forget to teach your children. Help them to see how!
Do not forget to remind your children. Guide them so they stay on track!
Do not forget to show your children. Reveal how the struggle is reversing back!
| Scheme | A A B B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111110111 11011111011111 11011011101111111 11011111001101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
| Words per line (avg) | 14 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem because I am a victim of Bloody Sunday and the Civil Rights struggle for the right to vote in the 1960s. It is profoundly sad to see that it is still a struggle.
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