Analysis of Birthday

Fortune Mokgotho 2002 (South Africa)



It should be great
Till you notice that
Nobody remembers

No cake, presents or wishes
Do they really care?
I stand with a doubt
But still growing regardless.


Scheme XXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11101 1010 1110110 11101 11101 1110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 158
Words 30
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 4
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Written on August 08, 2022

Submitted by fmokgotho3 on August 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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