Analysis of It's Easier
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
It's easier to turn away
Than look at anyone who may
Be handicapped because we feel
It makes the pain of life too real.
A simple movement of the head
Can change the view we see instead
Of letting them see us react
To those whose lives are handicapped.
Yes, it is easy not to care
And act as if they were not there,
But would you lack concern the day
A child of yours became that way?
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11001101 1111011 1100111 11011111 01010101 11011101 11011101 1111110 11110111 01111011 11110101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 385 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Compassion and Empathy
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Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 15, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on June 15, 2023
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