Analysis of Who Are You?

Dawn Hancock 1946 (Oakland, California)



Who Are You ?

I see you , I see thru you
It's your language; It's your world
     Translucent     Transparent

From the cave you came to take away
knowledge ideas/ideals and make them yours
     Translucent      Transparent

At what cost matters not by beating, hanging
psychological imprisonment by means unnecessary
     Translucent      Transparent

Now the time has come for the Atonement of
the raping of African nations and past atrocities
     Translucent      Transparent

Neither Massa nor Master are you
not of this world not of the next
     Translucent      Transparent

Thin enough for light to pass thru But
not thick enough Not to see thru
     Translucent      Transparent

Answer; you biggots who still run rampant with a
more prevalent and arrogant mindlessness
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Scheme a axb xcB xxB xxB axB xaB xcB
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1111111 1110111 010010 101111101 10010010111 010010 11110111010 01000100110100 010010 10111100101 010110010010100 010010 101011011 11111101 010010 101111111 11011111 010010 10111111010 110001001 010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 792
Words 117
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

In my opinion Black Lives do Matter.

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Written on January 01, 2020

Submitted on October 24, 2021

Modified on March 12, 2023

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Dawn Hancock

This is my second poem; Life is not life when their is no love, under Dawn Williamson 2001 (Life without Love). more…

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