Analysis of The Child who had no dreams



There was a kid, playing in the park.                It was late, mid night and it was dark.                               I walked up to him and said.                     Hey kid  shouldn't you be home, in bed.    Does your parents know you are here.            He looked at me, with a face full of tears.        I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child.           I get no mother kisses and no daddy smile.   I know its sad it seems.                                      But I'm a child who has no dreams.               So I stay in the park all day.                              Until Midnight, I play.                                         Laughing and looking up to the sky.                That keeps the hurt inside.                                 Then he started to swing                                   like he had forgotten everything .                    I looked up to the sky.                                         As tears started to fall from my eyes.              It made me plainly see.                                     That this child, was once me.                               


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Characters 1,104
Words 137
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 1
Lines Amount 1
Letters per line (avg) 496
Words per line (avg) 546
Letters per stanza (avg) 496
Words per stanza (avg) 546

About this poem

This poem was written. For every boy and girl, who has felt they had no one. From childhood or adult life. Once upon a time.

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Written on September 20, 2023

Submitted by roderick.burnell on September 20, 2023

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