Analysis of Poverty
Darkness and stillness are my friends
I am poverty and beggary is my trend
A matter of surprise but a subject not to hide
Ignorance is my mother and I am a fatherless child
Soaked in blood and covered with mud
I live in this world like a hopeless bird.
if the whole world turns like me?
A little carelessness turns out to be
Sinking deep in the dilapidated sea
I cry for a life, I cry for your mercy!
| Scheme | ABCDEFGGGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10010111 1110001111 0101011001111 100111001101001 10101011 1101110101 1011111 0101001111 1010001001 11101111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 392 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 317 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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