Analysis of The Old America
As a United States citizen my rights have been taken,
Even in 2the public I have been forsaken,
For exercisin2 ereg my freedom of speech they put me in jail,
And there I sat in the cold white cell,
America's supposed to be the land of free,
Yet after this how could it be,
Yet this continuously crosses my mind,
But it is the old America that I will always try to find.
| Scheme | AABCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101100111110 100010111010 1111101111101 011100111 010001110111 11011111 11010001011 1110101001111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 288 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem after going to jail for cussing at a Austin Police Officer.
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Written on October 08, 2022
Submitted by playboyplatinum187 on November 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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