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!

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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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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 368
Words 74
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Steve Cochrane

 · 1955 · Cape

A poet since 1971 more…

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