Analysis of Of Truth, Poet And Racism
Truth is never a reality,
Until it is made bare and naked that
It shouts--right in the face!
Denying its existence (because
It hurts) demeans
The reality of one's being
The very reason that
It is, what is it: a call to life
To face up to its true meaning.
A poet, who does not only write
"Sweet nothings," but endeavors
To write the wrong (the ugly
Face of truth) in a society
Is a hero, or a saint not to himself
But to people living a lie, or
As is the truth--in denial....
Racism is truth "told" again and again,
As dark and bright are night and day.
And it hurts, like nothing else that
It stirs the mind...and--kills the body.
Scheme | ABCDEFBGFHIAAJKLMNBA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1110010 0111110101 111001 010101001 1101 0101110 010101 111110111 11111110 010111101 1101010 1101010 111000100 10101011101 111010011 11010010 1011101001 11011101 01111011 11011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 475 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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