So young they say
J_Lawrence 2002 (South African)
So young they say
He smiles and cries at the same time
He walks but runs at the same pace
Hope and destruction was constantly on his little mind
So young they say
But broken down by his brutal past
Slayed down by the horsemen
Dragged through the thick mud by the farms men
Cries and screams as he tries to close his eyes twice a day
So young they say
Brutalized in every way
Yet desperate for an escape
Branded by the broken horsemen
Just one more day he said
So young they say
J Lawrence
About this poem
It's speaks about child labor how people watched this happen but do nothing to put a stop to it yet you hear the poet writes abt how the people who witnessed this only has say and have said "so young they say" this then became the title which tell you a little of what is expected to happen in the poem
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Written on June 20, 2019
Submitted by najmonisaeksteen on January 27, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | A xxx A xbxa A axbx A |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 502 |
| Words | 110 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1 |
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