Analysis of I am not for sale

Palak 2007 (India)



Sweaty all over
The moppets are overworked.
Skin nearly torn,
The duty is incapable of being shirked.

Sent near unknown souls
Used for their alluring features,
Mouth to be shut!
They won't stop, those monstrous creatures.

Life because of pay,
Circumstances generate money out of trade
This is their story
The little ones are foreordained to be in shade.

Touch their poor vague bodies, there's nothing to hide.
The misery is transparent, like a shadow that walks along throughout an entity,
reminding them of their mourning fate
To be griefed of later,when every virtuous helper will have died.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCDC EDXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 10110 01101 1101 010101001101 11011 11101010 1111 11111010 10111 1001010111 11110 0101111101 11111011011 010010101011101011100 010111101 1111110010010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 579
Words 99
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

This poem tells us about the depressing life of child labourers and motivates us to stand against girl trafficking.

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Submitted by Vermamadhu0101 on October 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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