Analysis of my brother taught me
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
My brother taught me
someday I will fret
o'er his health journeys
stones could bring gurneys
weathering the storm
many turns I stand
heavy the head is laden
struck by misfortune
struck by misfortune
| Scheme | abccdefFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
| Metre | 11011 1111 101110 1111 10001 10111 1001110 11010 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
Inspired by a popular Norse hymn this was an ode to my twin brother and what he puts me through at times.
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