Analysis of EDUCATION IN AMERICA
EDUCATION IN AMERICA
The buildings are the same:
flag poles near the doors
posters on walls,
menus, announcements
occasional water fountains in the hall.
Stairs still echo
the small steps
made by students
when the bells ring
announcing change.
The mood now is somber;
banned books, Dr. Seuss, Fairy tales, Shel Silverstein.
stripped from library shelves
no longer offer
imagination and solace.
Computers hum
replacing blackboards, handouts,
shared talk, written lines;
challenging attention,
straining eyesight.
New additions to the curriculum
practice drills,
mock invasions
are dominant,
now spurring anxiety.
A new instrument
replaces pencils
chalk
ballpoint pens...
the AR15.
The ink for common learning
Now is
Blood?
Scheme | X XXXAX XXABX CXXCX DXXXX DXXEX EXXXX BXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01000100 010101 11101 1011 10010 01001010001 1110 011 1110 1011 0101 011110 1111101110 11101 11010 0010010 0101 01011 11101 100010 101 1010100100 101 1010 1100 1100100 01100 01010 1 101 01 0111010 11 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
This poem expresses my feelings about the indifference to violence in schools that exists in America
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