Analysis of The Hungry, Hurt and Lost



So many children not at home,
Instead along the streets they roam
In search of happiness few find,
Yet better than what's left behind.

They are the hungry, hurt and lost
Too young to pay what life has cost.
A price no one should have to bear
When they need so much love and care!

But sadly, there are parents who
Neglect and even hurt them too,
Because as kids they had no one
To love a daughter or a son.


Scheme AABB XXCC DDEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11010111 01010111 01110011 11011101 11010101 11111111 01111111 11111101 11011101 01010111 01111111 11010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 407
Words 89
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 27

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Written on June 15, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 15, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on June 15, 2023

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