Analysis of Brother
I felt guilty.
Guilty because I couldn’t help.
Help the kindest human I know.
I know that because he always comes through.
Comes through to my aid whenever I ask.
Today he asked but I couldn’t come through.
I wasn’t stringy. I had financial constraints.
Then why is all this guilt?
Is this how helplessness feels .
I never want to feel this again.
But this is life.
I know I will encounter even worse.
We can only hope it only gets better.
We can only work towards making it better.
We can only hope we endure the turbulence.
And atleast feel helpful.
| Scheme | XXXAXAX XXXXXBBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 1001111 10101011 111011111 1111101011 011111111 11101101001 111111 1111001 110111101 1111 1111010101 11101110110 111010110110 111011010100 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 644 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 19 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 215 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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I felt guilty. Guilty because I couldn’t help. Help the kindest human I know. I know that because he always comes through. Comes through to my aid whenever I ask. Today he asked but I couldn’t come through. I wasn’t stringy. I had financial constraints. Then why is all this guilt? Is this how helplessness feels . I never want to feel this again. But this is life. I know I will encounter even worse. We can only hope it only gets better. We can only work towards making it better. We can only hope we endure the turbulence. And atleast feel helpful. PayPal; juslive13576@gmail.com Bitcoin: bc1q8hd6s8pascr8tktfnss4zrpagza9xapml7pggn more »
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