Analysis of The Thirsty Ones
The Thirsty Ones
Why do we pay attention to the famous
When the voiceless ones are silent
They deserve the lights don’t they?
Needs for food, shelter, jobs,
Medicine and safe homes
Are they not important?
Why do the wealthy
Ignore their pleas
And perpetuate greed
With impunity?
Our human values are all upside down
We promote profiteering
Over sharing in a civilized world
A society that favors the privileged
And forgets the masses
Eyes and mouths
Consuming entertainment
Instead of watching out
For our common good
And lifting up minds.
Broken glass happens with slippery hands
Could it be with human lives?
As we gain our wealth
The weight of care
Gets to be too much?
Does the world spill out
Because we refuse to refill
The blessings given to us
The thirsty one craves
What we left drying on the floor.
Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 11110101010 10101110 1010111 111101 100011 111010 11010 0111 00101 10100 10101011111 101010 101000101 00100110010 001010 101 010010 011101 110101 01011 1011011001 1111101 111101 0111 11111 10111 01101110 0101011 01011 11110101 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,076 |
| Words | 200 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 10, 10, 10, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 33 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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The plight of the poor
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