Analysis of Homeless



The man who lost his money
got a horrible nasty shock
When the government called him homeless
and his money got to talk


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 0111110 10100101 101001110 0110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 116
Words 23
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

The poor aren't homeless. They're moneyless.

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Written on October 11, 2021

Submitted by Poetbird on October 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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