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SUFFERING IN SILENCE

Jesus Betancourt 1955 (New York)

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A tenement in New York City
Folks were being chewed up by rats
Not the kind of material used for poetry
Except that poets were the scary cats

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Ben and Jerry are furry

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Written on November 18, 2021

Submitted by jb809499 on November 19, 2021

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 142
Words 28
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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