Analysis of All Lives Matter
We are all a darker shade of white
A common history
Binds us all in experiences
That have been cruel unjust downright criminal
We look upon each other with
Competing words
Weapons with which we wound
Endured over centuries
Written shadows on the wall of time
Visible but obscured
As if one is better than the other
All painful tragic unforgettable grievous
We need to rise above
This pettiness that separates us
Makes us inequal in each other's eyes
And keeps us imbalanced isolated alone
We cannot change the threads of time
Weathered stained with years of chaos
But can strive to unite
In a common goal
To make the world
The place that it deserves to be
A utopia of dreams
We yearn to be free
Lifting our hearts
Besides that golden door
Following a tidal wave
Scars left long ago
A road map from the soul
Of those who came before
Presently,
We have one common enemy-----hate
That strikes the heart like daggers of ice
That strikes the mind like nails on a coffin
Death floats taking those dear to us
To be lost in a sea of nameless faces
Leaving us dumbfounded
Searching for a glimpse a sign
That let's us go where no one
Has gone before
Leaving the path of resentment
To travel the road of forgiveness
To a celebration of all lives
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010111 010100 111001000 11110011100 11011101 0101 101111 0110100 10110111 100101 1111101010 11010010010 111101 11001101 11101101 011110001 11010111 10111110 11111 00101 1101 01110111 0010011 11111 10101 011101 1000101 11101 011101 111101 100 111101001 110111011 1101111010 11101111 11100111010 101100 1010101 1111111 1101 10011010 110011010 10010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,261 |
Words | 247 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 4, 5, 9, 13 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
About this poem
Pain in the knowledge that race is an issue that has not changed in centuries.
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Written on April 08, 2020
Submitted by ACABEO.EMILIA on February 15, 2022
Modified on May 02, 2023
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