Analysis of Little one
Little One
Our ancestors migrated in great hopes for great change
Not knowing later on their same people would decide their fate.
Violence, blood shed, killings
Is that all you know little one?
When you look outside what do you see?
Do you see a future of hope or a catastrophe.
Hungry for change
Hungry for power
Hungry for a time where hunger would not consume you any more.
Do you understand what I mean little one?
Violence takes over you, it consumes you and eats you alive,
Tearing your brown flesh and spitting it on the concrete ground
Someone who doesn’t look like you determines what you do.
and oh, don't be in the wrong place at the “wrong time”
that may be your last breath in sight.
Please little one, I'm trying to save you.
Violence is all that you know
and sometimes, I wonder if it’ll prohibit your growth.
Don’t entertain this violence or spread it more
But, change it.
Do you see what I mean little one?
You’re the future.
To help stop the blood shed in the streets and rampage killings that we see
You scream “Cease fire” but we fight for a future where firing will no longer be.
Little one I need you to pay attention, please.
Listen to what your pops told you.
Stay in school, get an education
I promise in the end it’ll reward you.
Then build that knowledge and grow
And come back to this place you’ve once known to help rebuild it
so that future generations don’t have to watch the killings and the fear that you went through,
Please,
Little one don't you see?
You’re the future for the betterment of our city.
Scheme | ABXXA CCBDEA XXFXXF GXEHA DCCI FAFGHFICC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (29%) |
Metre | 101 101010011111 11010111101111 1001110 11111101 111111111 11101011100100 1011 10110 1010111011011101 1101111101 1001101101101101 10111010110011 111111010111 011100111011 11111101 1101110111 10011111 0011101101011 10111001111 111 111111101 1010 1110110010110111 11110111101011011101 101111110101 10111111 10111010 1100011011 1111001 01111111111011 111001011110100011111 1 101111 10101010011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,579 |
Words | 319 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 9 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
This poem is about Baltimore city and how the violence and poverty levels will impact future generations if not changed
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Written on February 20, 2023
Submitted by Janeyaariel on February 27, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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