Analysis of Humanity



Humanity and the world we live in
where money speaks and love stutters
The rich get richer
while more kids are in the gutters

If I sold my soul to the devil
no one would believe me
they would just laugh
but take seriously  what's on TV,

Talk to a couple of friends
we are getting high on life
But then I see the younger generation
getting high on pipes,

Smoking, drinking
Out of the face of enjoyment
Complaining about the empty checks
When theres rising unemployment

Society pushes us in holes
Which we have dug ourselves
Each man on their own
go help yourselves,

Maybe we need a reality check
A slap in the face, a look in the mirror
Us against mother nature
we are the ones inferior,

I never mean to complain
blame or spread hate
But damn we need to change
before it ends to late,

Give and take
to avoid the heartache
Step on the brakes
and learn from our mistakes,

We will never be perfect
but who said we can't be close
We can reach for the stars
on a love overdose,

No I'm not trippin
just been correctly diagnosed
I said the word humanity
and everyone just froze


Scheme ABCB XDXD XXXX XEXE XFXF XCCC XGXG HHII XJXJ AXDX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (70%)
Etheree  (43%)
Tetractys  (23%)
Metre 0100001110 11010110 01110 11110010 111111010 111011 1111 1110001111 1101011 1110111 1111010010 10111 1010 11011010 010010101 1110010 010010101 1111001 11111 1101 10110101 01001010010 1011010 11010100 1101101 1111 111111 011111 101 10101 1101 0111001 1110101 1111111 111101 10110 1111 1101001 11010100 01011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,111
Words 222
Sentences 1
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

This poem was written to show people a little bit more about how far we have become detatched from our society as humans.

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Written on January 22, 2012

Submitted by Bmcmurtrie_94 on April 17, 2023

Modified by Bmcmurtrie_94 on April 17, 2023

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