Analysis of The Problem
As we sit in here and pray,
And we think about the day,
Where our brother and sisters go away,
Over something we can’t control
But the number that we call
You would think they catch us and not fall.
We choose to stay away from the people who wear all blue,
We don’t wanna plan another funeral,or watch someone else get shot like someones prey.
So believe me when I got to say,
I’m sick and tired of this and it’s need to go away,
Because I’m sick of seeing my race being shot over something they did that was okay.
Is it gonna get worse or is it gonna get better.
If you can get your dinner served on a silver platter, then you can fix the people who think we don’t matter
I know you know it’s wrong and it needs to be stopped, so then why are you still watching us shatter.
You know everyone’s equal but some people can’t show that without pointing a pistol.
So what are you going to do to make America greater again?
We’ve done everything we can so when are you going to put your foot down and be the person your supposed to be?
I don’t know but I’m waiting to see
And I hope when it happens nobody will disagree.
Scheme | AAABCCDAAAAEEEFGHHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 0110101 11010010101 10101101 1010111 111111011 11110110101111 11101010111111111 101111111 11010110111101 011111011101101011111 11101111110110 111111011010101111010111110 11111101111111111110110 1111011101110110010 111110111101001001 111011111110111110101010111 111111011 011111011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,142 |
Words | 238 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 864 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 223 |
About this poem
It’s about the struggles of the Black community and how we are sick and tired of the unfairness from society and I now we long for change.
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