Analysis of Poverty



Rigors of hardship rising,
The soul is torn and weary,
Eating away at the mind and heart,
Scarcity makes us teary.

Attempting tasks at hand,
We sharpen our skills,
We think the work that’s brought to us
Brings wealth, yet really nil!

Is there any way to rise above
The needs that seethe within,
Spirits are downtrodden,
But laborers sometimes win!

Work is never far away,
Being poor is still a mainstay,
One can work and plan another moment:
I pray!

c. Poetic Universalisms by Lena Smith Carter 2006.


Scheme XAXA XXXX XBXB CCXC X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010 0111010 100110101 1001110 010111 110101 11011111 111101 111011101 011101 10110 1100011 1110101 1011101 1110101010 11 10101110110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 486
Words 89
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Lena Smith Carter

Lena Smith Carter is an internationally traveled concert artist who has sung the poetry of the world in seven languages across America and around the world. She is a graduate of Central State University (OH) with a B. S. in Music Education, a graduate of Miami University (OH) with an M.Mus. in Performance and Repertory, and has studied for her doctorate at the Paris American Academy, Paris, France and The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Her international travels have taken her from Paris to New York as well as Porto Alegre, RS; Fortaleza, CE; Recife, PE; Joao Pessoa, PB: Natal, RN; Sergipe, AR; and Brasilia, DF, where she appeared at Casa Thomas Jefferson /The American Embassy. Her experiences in the northeast allowed her to use many Brazilian folk songs as both the land and the language are very close to the hearts of northeasterners. In the south of Brazil, where there are many foreign-born citizens who speak other languages natively, she used more German, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, as well as Portuguese and English.In addition to her concert career and international travels, she is a teacher, parent, grandparent, publisher, editor, patent holder, philosopher and published poet and author. She has traveled to more than 15 different countries and has had more than thirty-five years experience in the creative arts and education. Her poetry is bold, original, colorful, and imaginative.Her written and published works include The Weight Management Diary, Axioms for Life/Work, Axioms for Life I, Axioms for Life II, Axioms for Life III, Poetic Universalisms I (hardback/paperback), Poetic Universalisms II, (hardback/paperback), 50 Reasons Why You Have/Have Not Arrived, Foreign Language Tips for Travelers (eBook), School Security Rewind (eBook), Writing Poetry: How to make yourself a Pro (eBook) and Jumpstarting Your Choir, Volume I. more…

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