Analysis of The act and deeds of mankind
Matt Starking 1987 (Africa)
mother earth has many children
but she favors men
upon whom's lands
sin flourishes now and then
and upon whom's farms fear grows sudden
because the love for guns
ignores the power of the pen
the trees cries out of pain and agony
for men in power means calamity
this is what they call humanity
upon all what we produce
for them to use
it's us they abuse
| Scheme | ABCBADBEEEFFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111010 11101 0111 1100101 001111110 010111 01010101 0111110100 1101010100 111110100 0111101 1111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 282 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
About this poem
Humanity, human race , mankind,humankind
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Written on May 18, 2020
Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 09, 2022
Modified by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 16, 2022
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