Analysis of There will come a day

Douglas H. Mc Clintock 1934 (Sarnia, Ontario)



There will come a day
When the word "alone" will be your friend.
There will come a day
When  all memories will dim in the end.

There will come a day
When your body is weak and old.
There will come a day
When blood is thicker than water, it is so told !

There will come a day
Your body will crumble, but your thinker still hums.
There will come a day
Your memories will be only sum !

There will come a day
When all is said and done.
There will come a day
Was it about you or for others to see?

There will come a day
With hate, envy, greed, love, giving, praising was there.
There will come a day
My flight booked and passport, heaven is my survival !

There will come a day
To see my loved ones and many friends.
There will come a day
When real loving and living will have began !


Scheme AbAb AcAc AxAx AxAx AxAx AxAx
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 11101 101011111 11101 1110011001 11101 11101101 11101 111101101111 11101 110110111011 11101 110011101 11101 111101 11101 11011111011 11101 111011101011 11101 111011011010 11101 111110101 11101 11100101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 783
Words 173
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

Journey's end

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Written on January 04, 2022

Submitted by Dougla$Irishman on January 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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