Analysis of Migrants beware
James Vincient Johnson 1952 (Algoma WV)
It’s often said, God gives you what you don’t understand.
Even if it's Migrants from another faraway land.
It’s often said, it’s better to turn the other cheek.
Even if you see Migrants running across the creek.
It’s often said, to be wise and use your head to think.
Even if it's Migrants, who see our land as a skating rink.
It’s often said, that you reap what you sow.
Even if it's Migrants willing to accept what they don’t know.
It’s often said, that you’ll leave this world the way you came.
Even if Migrants are not the blame.
It’s often said, that slaves tilled and built this land.
So Migrants do beware in this sand.
Scheme | AABBCCDEFFAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111111101 10111010101011 1101110110101 1011110100101 1101111011111 1011101110110101 1101111111 101110101011111 1101111110111 101101101 11011110111 110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 663 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
About this poem
A troublesome land with untold history.
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