Analysis of Now you're leaving Manhattan



Now you’re leaving Manhattan.
In the backdrop
Of George Washington bridge
You leave behind
What was once a great city
you love so much
And where you grow up
To be the woman you are today.

Now you’re leaving Manhattan.
I used to love this vibrant city
After I bought into the idea
Of luxury lifestyle penthouse dream.
By seeing you leaving
Reluctantly
I'm forced to get out of that dream,
scrap it from my mind
And let it go out of my heart.

Now you're leaving Manhattan
You leave behind
A city becoming increasingly
A taxed hellhole.
A mismanaged island
One false move away
Of going bankrupt
No millionaire’s tax will fix it.
No billionaire's row will embellish it.
As quickly as they can
My friends and their Wall street companies
Are moving out
Like they are under the threat
Of an eviction notice.

Now you’re leaving Manhattan
You leave behind
A city becoming increasingly too bubbly
Boring wall of skyscrapers
Broken and outdated subway
Vanishing small communities neighborhood
From city block to city block
Hotels and restaurants are disappearing.

Now you’re leaving Manhattan.
When time cripples our American cities
And extends its claws
To shake the ground under our feet
It could mean stumble into a Buzzsaw.
If the city never sleeps
We don’t sleep
And we alienate life.
Maybe we humans aren’t created
to live in overcrowded cities.


Scheme AxxBcxxd Acxefcebx aBcxxdxggxhxxx ABcxdxxf Ahxxhxxxxh
Poetic Form
Metre 1110010 001 111001 1101 1110110 1111 01111 110101101 1110010 111111010 1011010010 1100111 110110 0100 11111111 11111 01111111 1110010 1101 0100100100 011 001010 11101 11010 1011111 11110101 110111 110111100 1101 1111001 1101010 1110010 1101 0100100100110 101110 100101 1001010010 11011101 010101010 1110010 111010010010 00111 110110101 111100101 1010101 111 01101 1011010010 11010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,306
Words 231
Sentences 14
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 9, 14, 8, 10
Lines Amount 49
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 217
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted by mossmjacques on January 30, 2021

Modified by davidb on September 02, 2021

1:10 min read
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Moss M.Jacques

Moss M.Jacques lives in the New York metropolitan area. He is the recipient of many literature prizes in his early twenties both in France and the US. Moss M.Jacques was best known in the circles where he grew up for his talent of reciting poems and a great passion for arts and literature. His poems have been published in many anthologies. His upcoming book: Sugarplum Selected poems on Life, Love and the Human condition will be available during the second quarter of this year. website:www.mossmjacquespoetry.com more…

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