Analysis of With Warm Regards To Mr. Dickens



In bleak and barren streets, I wander,
Amid the fog and gloom so tender,
A life of toil and hardship true,
As Dickens' world comes into view.

The poor and wretched, down on luck,
With hunger pangs their only muck,
Their clothes in rags, their hair unkempt,
In misery so deeply tempting.

The greed of those who hold them down,
The rich who dare to wear a crown,
Their callous hearts, their hardened ways,
Feeding on the poor every day.

But in this darkness, hope does shine,
In shining stars of love divine,
In friends and family, loyal and kind,
True treasure in this world combined.

And as I walk these London streets,
I hear the beat of hopeful beats,
For even in the toughest times,
Love and kindness can truly shine.

So let us hold these ideals high,
As we walk through life and try,
To make the world a better place,
A Dickensian world of grace


Scheme AABB CCXX DDXX EEFF GGXE HHII
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 010101110 010101110 01110101 11011011 01010111 11011101 11011101 010011010 01111111 01111101 11011101 101011001 10110111 01011101 0101001001 11001101 01111101 11011101 11000101 10101101 11111011 1111101 11010101 00100111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 854
Words 186
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 15, 2023

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Joe Strickland

Writer from South Carolina. Recently signed first publishing contract and is waiting for release date of first collection of poetry. I've never written a poem while completely sober. You can follow me on Twitter/X @JoeStricklandAU more…

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