The Old America
As a United States citizen my rights have been taken,
Even in 2the public I have been forsaken,
For exercisin2 ereg my freedom of speech they put me in jail,
And there I sat in the cold white cell,
America's supposed to be the land of free,
Yet after this how could it be,
Yet this continuously crosses my mind,
But it is the old America that I will always try to find.
About this poem
I wrote this poem after going to jail for cussing at a Austin Police Officer.
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Written on October 08, 2022
Submitted by playboyplatinum187 on November 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | AABCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 80 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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