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
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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George Sobero

I only have one consistency that I can pick out, when I don't feel resolute about something and am in the middle of the storm, the poetry comes out unstructured, wild and impulsive. When I feel like I have resolved whatever I'm expressing, it's always much more structured and complete. more…

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