Analysis of America Cries
Deborah Wiederhold 1967 (Sacramento)
America cries
Polarized
Unity stretched
Hunger etched
Looming large for those small
And for those without much at all
Mom is at home
But she's not alone
She has 3 mouths to feed
And can't fulfill their needs
Because they're out of school
And for now that's the rule
| Scheme | ABCCDDEFGHII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01001 10 1001 101 101111 01101111 1111 11101 11111 010111 011111 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 254 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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