Black & white



All of us are kin
Color of the skin
First differences begin
Cancerous not benign

Nature of the act
Decides on the fact
Right and Wrong
Deeply entrenched and strong

Wrongful to society
Words of variety
Prefix added to amplify
Deeds done by everybody

Black market Black Mail
Black Day Blacklist
Prefix decides the fate
Any other other color  meaning wouldn't change

Country ' s policy
Color decides authority
Countries of prejudice
Have no sense of justice

Skin color
Nothing inferior
Judging based on color
Man made blunder

Ownership of another man
Price paid for possession of human
Slave trading an act of crime
Prevelant for a long time

Wars fought to establish
Skin color not to distinguish
Nobel won for trying to abolish
Humanity since stands embellished

White and Black
Not each others opposites
At harmony with each other
Together make a whole

Black and White signifies
Anything plain and simple
Used as an adage
Sends the wrong message
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Submitted by K.V.Srikanth on May 08, 2021

Modified on April 25, 2023

48 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAX BBCC DDXD XXXX DDXX EEEE XXFF GGGX XXEX XXHH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 914
Words 160
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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