Analysis of Homeless
I am homeless
I am me
Look into my eyes
Tell me what you see
I was somebody once, in another life
But now I'm dirty and I'm cold
I am young
But this life has made me old
A plastic cup in my hand
A piece of cardboard is where I stay
I look up at you with defeated eyes
As you look the other way
So here I sit
On the sidewalk of a city street
They say it's the city of brotherly love
But I can't find anything to eat
A few bucks might help
But really it won't
I don't know how to become someone else
Which is what I really want
Just look into my eyes
Can you really see
That I am homeless
But I am me
| Scheme | ABCB XDXD XECE XFXF XXXX CBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
| Metre | 1110 111 10111 11111 1110100101 11110011 111 1111111 0101011 01111111 1111110101 1110101 1111 10110101 11101011001 11111011 01111 11011 111110111 1111101 110111 11101 11110 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 603 |
| Words | 138 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
I was walking in downtown Philly, and I came across this tiny woman shivering in a dirty coat, sitting on an old piece of cardboard, a plastic cup by her side. She was too cold and too defeated to even hold up her cup. I gave her all the cash I had which was only 5$ or so, and I wrote this poem.
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Written on 2017
Submitted by Terrilou on November 14, 2022
Modified on May 02, 2023
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