Analysis of Poverty In A Lonely Land
Poverty In A Lonely Land
Speaking gratitude into the silence
I thank God for smiling on a lesser being
My means to survive are shrunken
Every decent serving of sustenance
Reminds me blessings
Come few and far between
Rain seldom showers
In a dry and thirsty desert.
Any meal I get is a miracle for me
Joy arrives when my belly is full again
So why should favor be shared
Only to me when so many starve?
Decency is a priced out thing
A convenience rarely given
Sorrow and suffering are twin faces
Worn by too many in a lonely land.
Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.*
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| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 795 |
| Words | 152 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Poverty In A Lonely Land Speaking gratitude into the silence I thank God for smiling on a lesser being My means to survive are shrunken Every decent serving of sustenance Reminds me blessings Come few and far between Rain seldom showers In a dry and thirsty desert. Any meal I get is a miracle for me Joy arrives when my belly is full again So why should favor be shared Only to me when so many starve? Decency is a priced out thing A convenience rarely given Sorrow and suffering are twin faces Worn by too many in a lonely land. Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.* more »
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