Analysis of Sonnet of an Unemployed Man
I know this e-mail won't return to me
“They” don't reply a lot to me these days
Though I know why they don't, their choice I see
They're paralyzed with fear, they've lost their ways
While unemployment holds and stays and pays
What happens if it ends before I'm hired?
What if my string of fate has gaps and frays?
Will I then join the hungry, poor, and tired?
My future kids I won't have ever sired
Because I lacked consistent fiscal base
Will shake their heads at me, them, my desired
And shameful unborn dreams I can't misplace
My resume will change and grow and cope
My children will not die my unseen hope
Scheme | ABABBCBC CDCD EE |
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Poetic Form | Spenserian sonnet |
Metre | 1111110111 1101011111 1111111111 110111111 101010101 11011101110 1111111101 11110101010 1101111101 0111010101 11111111010 0101111101 101110101 1101111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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