Analysis of My Friend the Wall
Jacquelyn Halt 1986 (Pittsburgh)
The only friend I have
Is the wall
It's there when I need it
It likes to listen to my problems
No one listens
Or cares
At least the wall
Will always be there
Even though
It doesn't talk back
I can talk away
It doesn't go away
I always know where
To find it
It's always in the same place
That's my friend the wall
Better than no one at all
| Scheme | XABX XXAC XXDD CBX AA |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111 101 111111 111101110 1110 11 1101 1111 101 11011 11101 110101 1111 111 110011 11101 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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