Analysis of Homogenized



Homogenized.
Uniformed in a culture structured.
With a sameness unthreatened.
As an adaptation to a standard of acceptance,
Grows more tolerant...
If unnoticeably blended,
Into a texture mixed without emphasis.

Yet...
This quilt stitched to observe its diversity,
Is among many images...
To see them witnessed.
And...
Has been the reality that conflicts,
With the truth.
A truth fictioned to delude,
The vibrant colors of the attached fabric.
Obviously created to represent unification.

However...
To insist with resistance,
That once one's focus remains...
On the whiteness of it,
The appearance of black anywhere...
Diminishes in significance.
And can be ultimately ignored permanently.
For bringing the attention to a quilt,
Homogenized as the basis to a culture.
Strengthened by entitlements.
Leadership and power to rule.
Although less attractive,
And absent of flavor without ethnic diversity!

'Chaos, confusion and division.
With blame to claim, allegations to make.
Crime to rise and mental illness denied.
Only until they've run out of excuses,
For the creating of their own dilemmas.'

'That is not a fair assessment, at all.'

'I know.
People everywhere,
Have begun to protest the evidence of facts.
While disbelieving that the black folks....
Did not create the economic epidemic.'

'I apologize.
I thought you wanted to discuss,
Fair assessments!'


Scheme AXABXXC XDEXXXXXFG HBXXIBDXHJXXD GXXXE X XIXXF XCJ
Poetic Form
Metre 010 10001010 10101 1101010101010 11100 1110 01010101100 1 11110110100 10110100 11110 0 11010101 101 011101 01010100110 10000101010010 10 1011010 1111001 101011 00101110 010000100 0111000011000 1100010101 01010101010 1010100 1001011 11010 01011001100100 100100010 111101011 1110101001 10011111010 10010111010 1110101011 11 1010 10111010011 100101011 11010010010 1010 11110101 1010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,389
Words 265
Sentences 35
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 7, 10, 13, 5, 1, 5, 3
Lines Amount 44
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Written on April 02, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on April 02, 2023

Modified on April 03, 2023

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