Analysis of Emily Linge

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



What if young Emily Linge
Decided she would bring me
A copy of her song?

I hope that she would sit
As I listened to it
And maybe sing along!


Scheme XXA BBA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111001 101111 010101 111111 111011 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 141
Words 32
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 3
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 55
Words per stanza (avg) 15

About this poem

A "what if" poem.

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Written on December 16, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on December 16, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on December 16, 2023

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