Analysis of CHILD OF BOAT PEOPLE: CHRISTMAS EVE: 1943



THE UNION LEADERS AND PLANT BOSSES
GOT THEIR WAY.
THE WAR WAS STILL YOUNG.
FEARS WERE STILL HIGH..
THE FREE WORLD VS THE AXIS.
AND AMERICA WAS NEEDED
TO PRODUCE.

SO THE 1942 UNION CONTRACT
WENT IN FAVOR OF THE WAR EFFORT.
AND THE SELECT WHO MADE A PROFIT.

WORKER WORK HARS.
OVERTIME WENT TO WAR BONDS.
EXTRA CASH WENT TO WAR BOND.
THE WORKERS LEARNED TO RASION,
AND SO THEIR FAMILIES.
WITH HOPES FOR A REAL  CHRISTMAS
FOR 1943.

DID NOT HAPPEN.

BUT TWO THINGS HAPPENED
THAT SOME DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW.

A BLACK MARKET FLIGHT OF GOOD
FROM MAINE,
AND THE WORKERS PRANK
TO FOOL THE KIDS.

THE WORK AT 10PM CHRISTMAS EVE
WERE TO GO TO THE ROOF OF THEIR HOME
AND WITH  WHATEVER THEY HAD
MAKE THE GREAT UPROAR POSSIBLE
AS TO ATTACK SANTA
AND TO PROVE IT
PRODUCE A PIECE OF SANTA BEARD
FOR NOT BRING THE CHILDREN PRESENTS.

THE BLACK MARKET FLIGHT
WAS TO LEAVE MAINE
FLY OVER THE EAST COAST OF AMERICA
AND DELIVER  THEIR GOODS
OF CANNED GOOD OF HAM TURKEY, BEEF,
AND OTHER  ASSORTED HOLIDAY TREATS
TO THEIR BUYERS.

THE WORKER'S.
SOME WITH SHOOT GUNS AND RIFLES,
STARTED THEIR  SANTA ATTACK

PLANE WERE OVER BOSTON.
AND CREWS IN FEAR
STARTED TO LIGHTEN LOAD.

MY MOTHER SAID
"YOUR FATHER GOT A BAD BUMP ON THE HEAD.
BUT WE HAD A NICE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
DINNERS.   AND THE MEN HAD COFFEE FOR WORK.

THE DOCTOR WERE BUSY THE NIGHT...


Scheme AXXXBXX XXX AXXCXBX C XC XCXX XXXXDXXX ECDXXXF FXX CGX HHGX E
Poetic Form Tetractys  (36%)
Metre 010100110 111 01111 1011 01110010 00100110 101 10101 101010110 000111010 1011 101111 1011111 010111 011100 1110110 1 1110 11110 11111111 0110111 11 00101 1101 01111101 011101111 011011 1011100 110110 0111 01011101 11101010 01101 1111 11001110100 001011 11111101 010010101 1110 010 1111010 1011001 101010 0101 101101 1101 1101011101 1110110011 1000111011 01001001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,336
Words 289
Sentences 24
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 7, 3, 7, 1, 2, 4, 8, 7, 3, 3, 4, 1
Lines Amount 50
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

A LITTLE KNOWN BLACK-MARKET RUN OVER THE EAST COAST. THAT DELIVERED SOME CHRISTMAS JOY TO FOR SOME WORKS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND SOME SHADY POLITISHIONS HOPE WOULD COME OUT.

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Written on December 13, 2021

Submitted by TFOHAGAN0000 on December 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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