Analysis of 'What A Wonderful World'
Louis Armstrong …
a class by himself
Not Dixie or Jazz
but much deeper felt
Growing better with age
his music enthralls
If fourteen or forty
his melodies call
Both Ella and Ray
are seated out front
As Satchmo delivers
when others exeunt
Timelessly treasured
he’d broken the mold
Of what sound can measure
—and a smile can hold
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
| Scheme | XXAB XAXX XXXB XCDC D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 01101 11011 11101 101011 1101 111110 11001 11001 11011 11010 1101 110 11001 111110 00111 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 366 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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