Analysis of Invisible people



She walks by me
in miniskirt and boots
with earphones she listens
to a song I cannot hear

I see him walking
a beard so black and full
looking at his cell phone
at something I cannot see

together they are hurrying
quickly hand in hand
looking eagerly before them
and I know not where they go

I hear somebody calling
a name out loud and clear
a song begins within my head
but I know not who she is

and I stop and wonder
that I do not know
just who they may be
all the people that I see

each one of them a person
each one with hopes and dreams
each one with a story that
I simply do not know

and I know I do not see them
and do not know who they are
and that I never wonder
and I never try to learn

I really do not see them
I really do not see
I really do not wonder
I really do not care

they really are invisible
someone I really do not see
I really do not try to see them
and learn who they really are


Scheme AXXX BXXA BXCD BXXX EDAA XXXD CFEX CAEX XACF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 01001 11110 1011101 11110 011101 101111 1101101 01011100 10101 10100011 0111111 111010 011101 01010111 1111111 011010 11111 11111 1010111 1111010 111101 1110101 110111 01111111 0111111 0111010 0110111 1101111 110111 1101110 110111 11010100 1110111 110111111 0111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 865
Words 195
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted by wakofoed on March 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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