navy blue
you smell like navy blue,
but don’t know what its about,
you think that you’re so smart,
yet i see your flickered doubt.
you never ever will express,
how with your job,
our problems,
turned into your success.
you walk around, so strong, so tall,
despite our screams and cries,
silenced and ignored were we,
no one to catch us in our fall.
you act like you are right,
as if you know it all,
but you were sitting in an office,
while we fought with all our might.
you keep doing this again,
no heart for us at all,
why won’t you help us?
maybe you’ll deserve your title then.
you pretend this world is so flowery,
delights and dreams around,
but no it isn’t, you could do better,
come forth here and empower me!
you have your powerful stance,
maybe one day you’ll use
your strengths and your abilities,
to give us one last chance.
we are hungry, we are sick,
we’re faced with harsh assault,
if you just used your tie and suit,
your power would save your fault.
About this poem
wrote this in an english olympiad and received silver. it’s about how behind the success of “the working man” is slavery and poverty being disregarded.
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Written on March 07, 2023
Submitted by madisonkgo2 on October 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BXXB CXDC ECFE GCFG DXXD HXXH XIXI |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 981 |
Words | 219 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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