Analysis of Screaming for Help
As we grow old and sit back in thought
I can’t help but think of all the wars we fought
For freedom? fairness? maybe we should have fought harder
I guess we expect the US government to be a little smarter
WORLD WAR 1 and word war two
And even the Vietnam war
What the Hell were we thinking, sending boys to die,what did we do it all for?
For freedom, for fairness, for the American dream?
That’s ridiculous when we have hungry and homeless it seems
Priorities have shifted, the rich stay rich,
While most of us, can eat/pay rent, it’s up to us which
GOD HELP AMERICA
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
HEAR US NOW, WHAT IS THE DEAL?
Please ease our burden
Don’t let the American dream die, BY the way,
We expect a prompt reply
The homeless population is getting large
Eviction and inflation on supercharge
You think it’s big now, just you wait,
It’s going to get much larger, when the damn finally breaks.
Scheme | AABBCDDEFGGHIIJKLMMNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101101 11111110111 1101010111110 11101011001101010 110111 0100011 101011010111111111 1101101001001 101001111001011 01001100111 1111111111111 110100 01011 1111101 111010 110010011101 1010101 0100101101 0100010101 11111111 110111101011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 907 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 697 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 168 |
About this poem
I wrote about some of the worries in our nation today. Questions and opinions that I feel a lot of people will relate to.
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Written on June 12, 2022
Submitted by Bettyreed on June 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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