Analysis of The Answerless Question
I had a son, now gone forever
I watched as cancer ate him
Who chooses which child to strike?
He never got to ride a bike
But suffered patiently
| Scheme | ABCCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 110111010 1111011 1101111 11011101 110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 139 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
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Written on August 24, 2021
Submitted by dlglibra on August 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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