Analysis of A City Of Sin
Matt Starking 1987 (Africa)
A City of sin
when will thou go clean
a foolish society
in an archaic city
full of vanity
a city without conscience
full of violence
greediness and selfishness
why should there be a city
without justice and fairness
the rich over the poor
blood do they devour
life becomes sore
her daughters are whore
how can there exist
such a city
if goodness is banish
then we are all finish
why won't they perish
in this city they cherish
Scheme | ABCCCDDECEFGHHICJJJJ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01011 11111 0100100 0101010 11100 0100110 11100 10100 1111010 0110010 011001 111010 1011 01011 11101 1010 110110 111110 11110 0110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 426 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 346 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
About this poem
Cities, city ,sin ,evil
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Written on December 19, 2011
Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 09, 2022
Modified by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on July 04, 2022
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