Analysis of Neo Birthday
JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)
Let one more slip by, alive
Despite the Pandemic
Even though I did survive
Don't need to feel apologetic
Calendar pages flipped by the wind
While the mirror image ages
Cakeless candles slowly dimmed
Faded vision hid internal rages
| Scheme | ABAB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111101 010010 1011101 11110010 100101101 10101010 110101 1010101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Personal celebration
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Written on September 14, 2021
Submitted by jb809499 on September 14, 2021
Modified on April 29, 2023
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