Analysis of mr beggar man
You were a gentle soul,
with stained red plaid shirt,
a hat speckled with bird poop,
in saggy-baggy pants that stopped
just above two heel-less shoes that were
see-through to feet with no socks.
So many mornings
I walked by your corner,
putting money in your cup
if only to borrow a smile
when I had none left of my own.
I always knew the one you gave
would be the one that found
those I had only misplaced for awhile.
Countless times we shared a lunch,
as you did with many others,
hot soup from the deli across the street
or half a tuna sandwich from home,
and you would share your wooden pallet
but not once a conversation,
and all the while, you never missed a beat
as you continued to pass out
that glorious smile to everyone
who hurried by.
I wonder what happened in your life
to make you take up
residence on that corner,
only to die cold and alone,
the smiles you apportioned
your only living legacy.
You will be missed by many,
even the shopkeepers who
so often shooed you away.
I hope you knew
what you meant to me
... and I didn’t even know your name.
Scheme | XXXXAX XABCDXXC XXEXXFEXFX XBADXG GHXHGX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101 11111 0110111 0110111 101111110 1111111 11010 111110 1010011 1101101 11111111 1110111 110111 1111001101 1011101 11111010 1110100101 110101011 011111010 1110010 0101110101 11010111 11001110 1101 110110011 11111 1001110 10111001 011010 11010100 1111110 100101 1101101 1111 11111 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,029 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 10, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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