Analysis of They Did Not Care!
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
When I was down and looked around
At those who just walked by.
Did they not see or was it me,
Because they did not try
To understand and lend a hand,
As if I was not there.
What would they do if it was true
They needed help somewhere?
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110101 111111 11111111 011111 1010101 111111 11111111 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Apathy
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Written on July 08, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 08, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 08, 2023
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