Analysis of Seriously Thinking



As polls go taken,
From selected zip codes.
And we'll known demographics.
Who living to stay ignored.
Yet...
Depended upon to endorse and support.
Any political candidate running to win,
A seat in the government.
Just to represent the pleasing,
Of their own interests.
Year after year done to claim,
A faith they keep in believing...
The quality of life lived for all.
Has to change if those disenfranchised,
Pray everyday on knees.
Until their wishes and dreams become true.

And many do.
Complaining on a regular basis,
Of knee pains, back pains.
Medications taken to numb headaches.
With love, joy and forgiveness kept expressed,
In their forgiving hearts.

Blacks, Whites, Asians, Latinos.
And united out of closet freaks!


Scheme XXXXXXXXAXXAXXXB BXXXXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 101011 011010 1101101 1 01001101001 1001001001011 0100100 1101010 11110 1101111 01110010 010011111 11111001 110111 0111001011 0101 0101010010 11111 01010111 1110010101 010101 1110010 001011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 726
Words 144
Sentences 17
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 16, 6, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 191
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Written on June 18, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on June 18, 2023

Modified by lpahtillah on June 18, 2023

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