Thoughts in Jail
Katharine Rolston Fisher 1871 (North Adams, Massachusett) – 1950 (Westborough, Massachusetts)
Prisoners are we,
American citizens imprisoned
For daring in the name of Democracy
To protest against the continued denial
Of the right of self-government
To twenty millions of the American people.
We lie in a dungeon
Long ago abandoned and condemned,
Just as politically we are held
Imprisoned in a subjection
Abandoned and condemned
By every other nation of English speech and spirit.
Painfully raising my head,
I look down the long row
Of gray-blanketed heaps.
Under every heap a woman,
Weak, sick, but determined,
Twenty gray fortresses of determination.
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Submitted by halel on July 13, 2020
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 541 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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