Analysis of How come

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



I can't force things to come.
Thoughts scrambled,
Forming a scrum.
Now knowing what to do
Listening for the ancients queue.
Always conscious of your care,
Even when in despair.
The burdens of life,
Weighing me down.
But you know I will praise you,
What more can I do?
We walk through the valley,
Back to the garden,
Burdens, tears, fears, discarded.


Scheme ABACCDDEFCCGHI
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 110 1001 110111 10010101 110111 101001 01011 1011 1111111 11111 111010 11010 1011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 357
Words 74
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 271
Words per stanza (avg) 62

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Written on May 31, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on May 31, 2023

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