Analysis of Beggars
Pedestrian: Blind beggars, Young beggar,
Perching with the flies
Your hands in your bowl
Blind beggar, Strong beggar,
Let me heal your eyes
Windows to the soul
And work for your bread.
Beggar: No alms? Then don’t refer-
Leave me alone!
To be blind I prefer
Than to bother my bones.
| Scheme | A B C A B C X A X A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100110110 1101 11011 110110 11111 10101 01111 10111101 1101 111101 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 321 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
About this poem
This poem sheds light on the mentality of the common beggar who when given the opportunity, is likely to remain in a state where things are handed over to him.
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Written on August 29, 2018
Submitted by josephabiolaw on January 02, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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