Analysis of Homeless



I was shaking, shivering, in a cold bliss,
And I was wondering, expecting, hoping for warmth amiss,
I walked and walked and walked some more,
Only to lay down near a joule box for a snore,
A few hours for days still an early rise,
To return to work some more at a work most despise,
Sleepy, yet pushing to complete a day,
Only to wander to find a place to lay,
Streets of busy bodies come and go,
Walking without minding how far I'd go,
A tear here and a tear there as I reference mistakes,
No longer do I sit among others with steaks,
Grateful at a point of where I used to be,
Still emotional in comparison to how I used to sleep,
No longer do many bother me,
Still I rise consistently,
Another brother in familiarity I see,
Thankful for a familiar face smiling with glee,
Realizing how my improprieties interpersonally,
Still I try and try to demonstrate how important another is for me.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGHGGGGIG
Poetic Form
Metre 11101000011 011100010101101 11010111 101111011101 01101111101 1011111101101 1011010101 10110110111 111010101 1001101111 01100111110001 110111011011 10101111111 1010000100111111 110110101 1110100 010100010011 101001011011 1001101001 111011101010010111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 890
Words 187
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 697
Words per stanza (avg) 168

About this poem

This poem illustrates some experiences of a path going through with unsurety and unknowing of how to live after being alone and distant from those who care to raise me. When being in a struggle to keep up to be a productive citizen in the United States while remaining optimistic even when I had no home to stake a claim.

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Written on April 27, 2024

Submitted by Tuxedo_Mask on April 28, 2024

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