Analysis of Basement for Rent
A recently renovated one-bedroom basement
Is available for rent!
It's nearby Woodhaven City J train and
Q Fifty-Six Bus!
By the time, different thoughts of living
Float in the water with hesitation
For New Yorkers who are in financial straits;
The city's basements are captivating for them.
In the basement, deep bottom of the stairs
Even more down, where
All masterpieces are easy to imagine.
Here, to listen to the silence of the grave
No one needs to be qualified or pay
It is pretty cool here with the blowing wind
The body will not rot quickly,
Even if somebody dies.
The darkness is assured here.
Additional ghostly feeling at no cost
python hides behind the wall, roof
There is frozen panic in the spiral pipe.
From the invisible basement to the subway station
Or inside to the port,
Darkness glistens in the gray morning,
Fear of seeing the light today, twinkling in eyes
The hypocritical crown of immigration fades all speech records!
Myopic Sun looks for the Ether's news
on Washington Post!
Immigrant life in the jaws of the basement,
Searching for a remedy to get relief!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001001110 1010011 111110110 11011 1011001110 100101010 11101100101 01010110011 0010110101 10111 11001101010 11101010101 111111011 11101110101 01011110 101101 0101011 01001010111 10101011 11101000101 1001001010110 101101 10100110 1110010110001 001001101011101 010111011 11001 10010011010 10101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,099 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 13, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
About this poem
Having to struggle to survive in New York City for bread and shelter is what it takes to be a New Yorker. This is especially true if they are immigrants. The poem illustrates the life of a new immigrant as it is told from the perspective of a new immigrant. By HB Rita, this poem is translated
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