Analysis of The Homeless Man



In the alleyway, a man resides
he's scraggly and unkempt
he's always hungry and cannot hide
from the glares of those who've contempt
they think he's a burden, an inconvenience
but they don't know his life's predicament

The world has been ruthless, his predicament
is that of being homeless, where he resides
among trash and filth, it's been an inconvenience
to maintain any semblance of cleanliness, unkempt
he suffers from disdain, their contempt
they pretend that he doesn't exist, can't hide

But in his eyes, the pain is hard to hide
because he's well-aware of his predicament
he feels like a waste, the object of contempt
he also knows how cruelly fate resides
and the cost of being unkempt
life on the streets is a cumbersome inconvenience

Being homeless is a life of inconvenience
it's hard to find a place to hide
when you're so blanketed in the unkempt
when you're a walking reminder of predicament
the man is forced to reside
with the feeling of constant contempt

The city has become a place of contempt
for people deemed as an inconvenience
a homeless man is just someone who resides
in the way, too hard to hide
pain and suffering are his constant predicament
all wrapped up in the unyielding unkempt

And yet, the man is more than his unkempt
his existence underlined by contempt
he refuses to be a slave to his predicament
acknowledging that life is an inconvenience
a chance to survive, with nowhere to hide
for he resides within the trials of his predicament

In the alleyway, a man resides
unkempt, suffering from contempt
homeless, facing an inconvenience
he's confronted by his constant predicament.


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Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 00100101 110001 11100101 10111001 1110101010 1111110100 01111010100 11110101101 01101111010 1011010110001 110101101 10111100111 1011011111 011101110100 11101010101 1101110101 00111001 110110100010 10101011010 11110111 1111000001 1101001010100 0111101 101011001 01010101101 110111010 0101111101 0011111 1010011100100 1110001001 0101111101 101010101 10101101110100 01001111010 011011111 110101010110100 00100101 01100101 10101010 101011100100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,621
Words 283
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 187
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Written on May 17, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 17, 2023

1:29 min read
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Joe Strickland

I'm just a regular, blue collar, working stiff who took an interest in writing poetry many years ago but until recently I haven't had a desire to share any with anyone or pursue publication. I'm an unpublished fork lift operator by night, and a day drinker by choice. I can be followed on Twitter @JoeStricklandSC more…

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