Analysis of Kinfolk
We are quick to anger,
& even quicker to forgive
because we need each other.
There is no one else,
no other soul who can
understand.
The resilience.
The perseverance.
The hurt.
That's our truth.
And it isn't.
We come in every shade
of poor, of lesser than,
of wanting, of needing.
We breathe in strife
& exhale strength
to overcome.
The doubt.
The unforeseen.
The fear.
That's our struggle.
And yours.
We are the same
despite & because of
our perceived differences.
We are the backs upon
which this existence is
built & thriving.
We are extraordinary.
Scheme | AXAXBX CCX XX XBDXXX XXX XX XXEXED X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 1010101 0111110 11111 110111 01 00100 0010 01 1101 0110 1101001 111101 110110 1101 011 110 01 001 01 11010 01 1101 01011 10011000 110101 110101 110 110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 2, 6, 3, 2, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
About this poem
A piece about the people I come from.
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