Analysis of Forgotten tomorrow

Charina April Barrientes 1984 (Hawaii)



I see those eyes behind that smile
A train wreck
Torn and scarred
Buried in your hands
Empty and lost
Like waves tossed
Swallowed whole
Into the black void
Of a forgotten tomorrow


Scheme ABCDEEFGH
Poetic Form Nonet (56%)
Metre 11110111 011 101 10011 1001 111 101 01011 1001001
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 186
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Written on March 26, 2023

Submitted by Unlocked_chasms on March 26, 2023

Modified on March 26, 2023

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