Analysis of In the shadow of Tom Joad
In the shadow of Tom Joad
Pushed, pushed till there ain’t no more to push
moving to find work to the edge of the sea
up against the walls of life
some of them born on it
some of them died on it
fought and worked on it
it’s that which made it their's
Hunger made real
Amidst the hungry eyes
generosity abides
often from those with the least
To be their brothers keeper
to see themselves in others
one big soul of man
that one belongs to a bigger cause
where people struggle against the odds
the inner strength resides to endure
to keep going and let their spirit be
Put down, beaten, starved, exploited
giving till they can’t give no more
still they rise to face the day
keeping compassion and humanity
In the struggle of their times
Scheme | A XB X AAAB XXXA XXXXXXB AXAAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001111 111111111 10111101101 1010111 111111 111111 10111 111111 1011 010101 010001 1011101 1111010 1101010 11111 110110101 110100101 010101101 1110011101 1110110 10111111 1111101 1001000100 0010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 750 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 7, 5 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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