The homecoming
My arms bleed, my legs can’t seem to bend.
Streets are fulled with cans.
World war two is done.
My home, now is rats rome.
I walk through the slums.
Lands that I knew, are dirt and pollution.
Children, just in pain.
Waters, just like pigs bathed in.
It is over, my family is over,
Gun at my mind,
what should I do if your so kind.
By: Theodore Arthur Pinnock
The year of 1972
9 years of age
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Submitted by dr_pinnock on July 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAXXAXXXBB XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 380 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 3 |
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