Analysis of Similar

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



Weddings and funerals are almost the same
I cry at both every time I attend
Death and divorce are part of life's game
You're dearly departed at the end


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1001001101 11111001101 100111111 110010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 151
Words 29
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

Love in every case, is such sweet sorrow.

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Written on July 22, 2023

Submitted on July 22, 2023

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