Analysis of Tomorrow



The bitter cold pierced through my skin
As the howling winds of sorrow engulf me
Empty and hollow, left with nothing more but dread
I find myself void of love for tomorrow

For it brings the unknown; pain, loss, death or desolation.
Uncertain and unfamiliar I dreadfully trudged through the day
Fearful of the agony that could be tomorrow

Yet as I lay in my seas of hopelessness and despair
I watched as the birds flew free in the skies above me
They do as their nature has told them; to soar through the heavens unbothered and uncaring of what is to come tomorrow

For while futures uncertainty lingers
And Death’s darkness creeps beyond the corner
Life’s unbearable coldness will not be forever
And the sun will always rise tomorrow


Scheme XAXB XXB XAB XCCB
Poetic Form
Metre 01011111 10101110011 100101110111 111111101 1110011111010 010001011001101 101010011101 11110111100001 1110111001011 111110111111010100101111101 1110010010 0110101010 1010010111010 00111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 750
Words 144
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 149
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted by williamsjc33 on April 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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