The Nationality Wall



Behind The Wall is a land unknown,

It's watchers peer, how green-eyed they are.

Through the cracks and dentures hides a passage of culture

that has not yet been foretold:

Flashes of blue, the nature of our neptune,

Glimpses of red, the absorption of our atoms,

Glistens of white, the purity of our souls.

But a painted facade of tea dunks and beer brunch

Covers the cracks of a patriotic Britain,

Where the hateful vengeance and ignorance thrives

off impure bloodlines and narratives of despair:

Screams of suffering, can they not hear?

Complies on capacity, formed by communities of hostility,

Let the green-eyed watchers slide their backs down The Wall.

About this poem

The poem, created by an aspiring writer in 2021, draws on the relevant issues of prejudice towards immigrants and the facade of a patriotic Britain.

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Written on June 09, 2021

Submitted by Keelymiller123 on June 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 642
Words 110
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Keely Miller

Keely Miller is an aspiring writer from England, currently looking to study English at degree level. more…

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