Analysis of Stop killing us.

G.Q. James 1991 (Albany,NY)



Lemme see your hands,
That's what the officer said,
But he still shoots like he couldn't see my hands,
Why did you shoot me?
I kept my hands visible,
I didn't resist or reach in pockets.

You ain't need to pull out and fire your gun,
All that was unnecessary,
You think just because you're an officer of the law,
That you're above the law,
You're not above the law,
You need to be better at protecting and serving,
Stop killing us.

Protect us and stop killing us,
I'm just a innocent black man,
The black on black crime getting scary,
Black lives matter,
Ths color of my skin makes life harder,
Had a target on my back since birth.


Scheme AXABXX XBCCCXD DXBEEX
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 1101001 11111110111 11111 1111100 1100111010 11111101011 1110100 1110111100101 110101 110101 1111101010010 1101 01101101 11010011 011111010 1110 101111110 101011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 613
Words 120
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 7, 6
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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