Analysis of The Basics
I have had the basics all my life Food, clothing, shelter
I am not of color so I do not know what that is like
I have been treated like a second class person
I have fought hard for everything I have
I have never truly been loved growing up
I do not know what love is, all
I know is doing what keeps people safe
I was told I would never amount to anything
I was told I would be dead at 22
I am hardened
I am jaded
I hate life as I see it
I won't end myself of my own hand
I have a son
I want to protec thim
I do not know what love is
I want to protect my son
I do not know how emotionally how to do that
I have no emotions when it comes to others
I never received the basics of love, So
I do not know how to love.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMCNOCIPQR |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101011111010 111110111111111 111101010110 111111011 11101011101 11111111 1111011101 111111001110 11111111 1110 1110 1111111 11111111 1101 11111 1111111 1110111 1111101001111 111010111110 11001010111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 693 |
| Words | 161 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 546 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 161 |
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