Analysis of Occupy?



I don't live in a tent
Part of the everyday 99%
But in my heart I too occupy
Perturbed, precarious nation
Leaders ambivalent and anti-compromise
Poor school children denied
Welfare women restricted
Diminished services for sick and elderly
"We can't afford it
While those who deny live lofty
Not yet gnawed by hunger, cold and no roof"
To protest, demonstrate
First Amendment peaceably
Healthy youth, aged, homeless
Misfits all
Veterans, anarchists, more than a right
Ignorance, inaction left a vacuum
In tents or on the square
Peacefully or under arrest, regain respect
Have the rich pay their share
For teachers, police, research, infrastructure
Legislate before it's too late
You bankers atone for your greed!
As profits mount for the 1%
We can't all be hypocrites
Where is the fairness?
Where is the justice?
Where is the future, our tomorrow?
Obstinate republicans, contrary democrats
Rather than compromise, let legislation die
Nothing, nothing- a vacuum while the country bleeds
Stubborn: Better let the patient die
Fragment the inevitable


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Poetic Form
Metre 111001 110101 10111110 01010010 10010001010 111001 110010 010100110100 11011 11101110 1111101011 1110 1010100 101110 11 1001001101 1000101010 011101 100110010101 101111 1100101010 1001111 11001111 110110 111110 11010 11010 110101001 100010010010 1011010101 101001010101 101010101 10001000
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,045
Words 170
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 33
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 849
Words per stanza (avg) 166
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Submitted by arthurweil on February 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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