Analysis of Our Social Security Checks Together
Over fourteen dollars
An hour like on a check.
Nobody here hollers;
"Underpaid," what the heck.
We thank God for it all,
Every single penny,
More than cashier in Mall;
Stockers, others many.
We are sixty-seven
And we have a routine,
No more work like heaven.
Retirement that I mean.
I used to drive my car,
The only jobs I had,
I mean like kind of far;
Not anymore I'm glad.l
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 101110 1101101 1110 101101 111111 1001010 110101 11010 111010 011001 111110 0100111 111111 010111 111111 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 379 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Better off than a lot of people.
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Our Social Security Checks Together" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/182107/our-social-security-checks-together>.
Discuss this Robert Joseph Mattingly poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In