Analysis of The streets



Is he invisible to the naked eye?

Can’t she be seen by the passers-by?

The track marks on her body,

Follow them; they tell a story,

Full of heartache and purgatory.

We look, but nobody thinks to stop,

Judged and moved on by the cops.

Nowhere to turn, no one who cares.

Attacked, beaten, and we're totally unawares.

Starved, cold, full of constant nightmares,

People watch with disapproving stares.

The evil of the streets turns them numb.

How did they end up with this outcome?

No shelter, no water, no food or fauna.

Begging, but they seem to be poorer.

Just a sniff, a smoke, a needle, a drink.

What if it's not, and there’s another link?

The streets are cold; it chills them within,

But we all judge their "so-called sin".

Tomorrow he could drop down and die.

Without a thought, a prayer, or even a sigh.

Are you just another to walk on by?

Will you be a shoulder for them to cry?

-To hear their story, to listen to their plea,

I know which I am...

But you're not me.


Scheme A A B B B X X C C C C D D X X E E F F A A A A B X B
Poetic Form
Metre 11010010101 111110101 0111010 10111010 1110100 1111111 1011101 1111111 01100110001 1111101 101100101 010101111 11111111 11011011110 101111110 1010101001 1111010101 011111101 11111111 01111101 01010111001 1110101111 1110101111 11110110111 11111 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,010
Words 244
Sentences 20
Stanzas 26
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 7

About this poem

The homeless pandemic currently, and acknowledging it may not be what you think and therefore Do not judge a book by its cover, read it's contents first.

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Submitted by #iwriteitall on March 12, 2023

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