Analysis of What To Say
I never had the power
To leave my children
I loved them; I love them
More than my desires
Even more than my totality
They walked with me
Holding fast my fingers
But what I would say
It is the cruelty of the time
Or the traditional selfishness
They left me alone
For their desires
For their priorities of life
I did the same with my parent
I left them alone too
For priorities of life
But I lose both
The priorities of life
And the parent
This circle stays for everyone
Today
Tomorrow
And forever
One feels grief; the other doesn't,
It is life, so is life.
Scheme | ABCDEEDFGHIDJKLJMJKBFNAKJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (36%) |
Metre | 1101010 11110 111111 111010 101110100 1111 101110 11111 11010101 100100100 11101 11010 11010011 11011110 111011 1010011 1111 0010011 0010 1101110 01 01 0010 11101010 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 442 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on January 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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