Analysis of We are one correction



It’s black history month
You want to know what’s great
Midways been servicing adults
Since 1978

Getting on topic
Which I don’t want to avoid
The first black man to open a senior care facility, was the Rev. J.H. Floyd

Mary Eliza Mohoney
The first black licensed nurse
Was the funnel through which
Our African American Nurses were given birth

There are several disabled leaders
Just to name two
Who made an impact on history
They were African American to.

Brad Lomax from the black panther party
He had a whole lot to bear
He had multiple sclerosis
And lead from a wheelchair

He played a vital role in section 504
Of the Rehabilitation Act of Congress being passed
It was one of the first Federal laws guaranteeing Civil Rights Protection
To disable people, at last!

Muhammad Ali was dyslexic
Some people didn’t even know
From the poetic rhythm of his words
And the smoothness in the flow.

The greatest woman in history was my mother
Who of course I knew
She’s enjoying herself in heaven
Doing whatever it is they do.

For me, the greatest Guy of them all
my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
To Him
skin color didn’t matter at all.

Not only is it black history
It’s also election year
Take advantage of your rights
It took alot for us to get here.

The first black man to vote was in 1870
Ooh what a delight
The Voting Rights Act didn’t get passed till 1965, something ain’t right.

It took almost 100 years
For us to fully legally arrive
So don’t forget to vote
Keep hope alive.

History is all of us
For future generations to come
We all have something special to give
Each and everyone

So I’m going to leave you now
Because this is turning into a speech
Shalom, Shalom, in Jewish terms means
I leave you in Perfect Peace


Scheme XXXX ABB CXXX XDED EFGF CHCH ACXX XCCD IXXI EXXX CJJ XKXK GXXC CXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111001 111101 1110001 1 10110 1111101 01111100101010010111 100101 011101 101011 101000100100101 111001010 1111 111011100 1010001001 111011010 1101111 11100010 01101 110101010 1000101110101 1111011001010101010 10101011 010101010 1101101 1001010111 0010001 0101001001110 11111 101001010 10101111 110101111 11010101 11 11011011 110111100 1100101 1010111 110111111 01111110 11001 0101111111011 1111 1111010001 110111 1101 1001111 11001011 111101011 1010 11101111 0111100101 010101011 1110011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,789
Words 379
Sentences 12
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 54
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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The final draft that I recited today at the rehabilitation facility my temporary home.

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Written on February 09, 2024

Submitted by Vytlocks1 on February 09, 2024

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Verlene Y Tyree

Hi, I’m 59 years old and was born in Chicago Illinois. I started writing at 33 ;however, I used it as an expression of bottled up emotion. I use poetry as a form therapy. more…

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