Analysis of Greed



Greed, you wildfire.
You destroy everything in your path.
An insatiable hunger
To own it all.
A thirst that can never be quenched.
You take and take until nothing is left.

The world suffers at the hands of your avarice.
The forests disappear,
The oceans filled with infection.
The air we breathe, so polluted with desire.
All because of the craving that sets us on fire.


Scheme AXAXBB XXXAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 10110011 1010010 1111 01111011 1101011011 011010111100 01001 01011010 011110101010 1011010111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 373
Words 77
Sentences 9
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 5
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Written on June 12, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 12, 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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