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


Scheme ABXXX XXXCXXD XDXX CXAEX BXBXFXXEF BXXXDXXXXFXDX
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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Emilia Acabeo

Writing poetry since my college days in the 70's. Have a collection of over 100 poems. Married. Have one son. Former Assistant Principal in a Bronx elementary school. Retired. more…

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