Analysis of All He Sees
A young boy born into a rough neighborhood,
Drugs and murder are commonplace.
His is a harsh, unkind childhood,
He has never known a loving embrace.
He desperately wants to be understood,
He looks for love in everyplace,
But his life is full of fake and falsehood.
Brutal crime has hardened his face,
He knows no other likelihood.
He knows someday the life taken will be his,
But he must prove his manhood.
His young heart is full of fear,
He does not know what peace is.
He wanted to be good,
But no one ever told him he could.
Scheme | ABABABABACADCAA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 0111010110 1010110 1101011 1110101001 1100011101 1111010 111111101 10111011 1111010 1110110111 111111 1111111 1111111 110111 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 413 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on November 23, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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