Analysis of NEEDS AIN'T RACIST
No White, No Asian, No French, No Red?
Man you have never been in need,
Your life is but a single hue.
Monotony is no cold hell
It'd scorch and crush you when in need,
And need cares not the race of face
As long as help is guaranteed.
| Scheme | ABCDBEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 11110101 11110101 01001111 101011101 01110111 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
About this poem
This poem forbids criticizing people due to racial or societal status because you never know, they may be your only help some day.
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