Analysis of The Sad State of Fresh Water
Our Blue Planet Earth.
Our blue watery planet.
Our Blue-Gold Planet.
Water, water everywhere.
Unsafe for some to drink it.
The state of water.
Water, water everywhere.
Unfiltered water.
Unsafe for one to drink it.
Filled with filthy sediments.
Once manna from Heaven,
climate change has made it scarce.
No more drinkable.
Once deemed a common privilege,
climate change has ruined it.
As gift of Heaven,
water forged rising of states,
and nation-building:
City states with fertile ports;
trade, shipping, and merchandise.
In time of great wealth,
we find disabilities:
Poverty widespread;
with people marginalized:
The indigenous; the poor.
Storehouse of water,
Mother Earth’s commodity,
is preciously rare.
Becoming ‘blue-gold’ bounty;
in great need by poor nations.
Lacking fresh water,
dried up wells, ponds, and rivers,
these exiled nations,
turn to wealthier nations,
for clean, fresh drinking water.
Yet greed surfaces.
Water, as commodity,
given market price.
With lust for profit motive,
selfishness is maximized.
Nature’s natural gift
is water barons fiefdom.
Their dispensary
to dole out at a profit;
with cost of life the high price.
As water barons…
ubiquitous is their greed:
their thirst for water;
for water as their ‘Blue Gold’
that they dispense unjustly.
In times of great wealth,
poverty is everywhere.
The rich get richer;
and the poor are abandoned…
for the lack of fresh water.
Our Blue Planet Earth.
Our blue watery planet.
Our Blue-Gold Planet.
Water, water everywhere.
Unsafe for some to drink it.
Scheme | ABBCD eCedx fxxxd fxxxx gxxhx eicij exjje xikxh xxibk jxexi gcexe ABBCD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 101101 10110010 101110 101010 0111111 01110 101010 01010 0111111 1110100 110110 1011111 11100 1101010 1011101 11110 1011011 01010 1011101 110010 01111 1100100 10011 110100 0010001 1110 1010100 111 0101110 0111110 10110 1111010 1110 1110010 1111010 11100 1010100 10101 1111010 100110 101001 1101010 10100 1111010 1111011 11010 0100111 11110 1101111 1101010 01111 100110 01110 0011010 1011110 101101 10110010 101110 101010 0111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,554 |
Words | 307 |
Sentences | 31 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Every living thing on earth, every life form, every plant, insect, bird, animal and human being needs water, needs fresh water; yet everywhere water crisis is pervasive in some living space, in some living communities of the world. In a period of global changes, it is time to acknowledge and to become proactive. Our planet is in need of an ecological life support system where fresh water is harnessed and dispensed to all communities in fairness and without concern for financial gain. more »
Written on March 21, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on March 21, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on March 21, 2023
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