Analysis of A Friend Is...

Sonnyboy Pacursa 1986 (Cagayan)



A FRIEND IS...
happy for those who cheer
patient for those who care
faithful for those who hear
shameful for those who fear
jealous for those who dare
selfish for those who never share

But for those who love,
A friend is forever.


Scheme XABXABB XX
Poetic Form
Metre 011 101111 101111 101111 101111 101111 10111101 11111 011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 231
Words 46
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 2
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

About what a friend means a lot to people.

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Written on January 21, 2022

Submitted by psonnyboy on January 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sonnyboy Pacursa

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