Analysis of The Many Poor
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
The village man does all he can
To pay his monthly bills,
But he has been so deep within
The poor life of no frills.
His daughter May spends every day
Where poverty can grow,
When bills get worse; a frequent curse
Too many come to know!
Please don't ignore the many poor,
They are like you and me
With hope and pain; what will remain?
What will their future be?
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01011111 111101 11111101 011111 110111001 110011 11110101 110111 11010101 111101 11011101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 364 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Poverty
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Written on April 15, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on April 15, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on April 15, 2024
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