Analysis of The Factory Of Apathy
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
America,
Nation of liberty.
Where dreams come true,
For us all,
Or so we've heard.
A place of endless possibilities,
And opportunities
With ease.
But, beneath that shining facade,
Lies a truth that's hard to applaud.
Apathy,
A flaw in the system,
Running rampant,
Like an epidemic.
We've got everything we could want,
But we're too caught up
In our own hunt.
Selfishness,
The norm of the day,
Ignoring the world,
as if it'll just vanish,
Like vapor.
We've become a factory for apathy,
Manufacturing disinterest,
With no empathy.
We fight for ourselves,
And forget the rest,
As we watch our society
spiral into disrepair.
America,
You are wonderful no doubt,
Yet, you carry a burden,
We cannot openly disregard.
Apathy may be rampant,
But hope still exists,
For a better future,
One that we can join.
America,
Can we rise
Above our selfish desires,
And strive
To set the world on fire?
Can we reignite
Our passion for humanity,
And defeat
The factory of apathy?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100 101100 1111 111 1111 011100100 00100 11 10111001 10111101 100 010010 1010 11010 1110111 11111 01011 100 01101 01001 1110110 110 10101001100 01000100 11100 111001 00101 111100100 100101 0100 1110011 1110010 11010001 1001110 11101 101010 11111 0100 111 011010010 01 1101110 11001 101010100 001 01001100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 983 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 8, 7, 8, 9 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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