Analysis of The Great Depression: When Dreams Fell Apart



So many poor who weren't before
Finances disappeared.
Who was to blame when horror came
And poverty appeared?

So many cried and some had died;
The life they knew was gone!
Intense despair!  Life was not fair!
Small hope to carry on!

Frustration was their way because
No answers were they told.
They worked each day and prayed that they
Would see their dreams unfold!


Scheme XAXA XXXX XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 110111001 01001 11111101 010001 11010111 011111 01011111 111101 01011101 110011 11110111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 368
Words 74
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Some effects of the Great Depression

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Written on April 29, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on April 29, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on April 29, 2024

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