Analysis of Finding a True Friend

Michael Nicodemus 1969 (Gresham, Oregon)



It is hard to find a true friend,
That won’t stab you in the back.
We need someone to be that special friend
To help us feel comfortable and relaxed.

We need somebody that’ll be there for us,
And never leave us alone;
Someone that’ll never talk bad about us,
When we are gone.

We need a friend that won’t lie,
And be cruel to us.
A friend that won’t say goodbye,
And never desert us.

We need a friend that will keep us up
When we are down;
A friend that’ll never give up,
And never let us down.

We need someone to pat us on the back,
For a job well done;
A friend to keep us on track,
When that task isn’t done.

We need someone to lean on
for all the good times;
Someone to weep on
For all the sad times.

Michael J. Nicodemus
July 12, 1989
Revised August 6, 2020


Scheme ABAX CXCX DCDC EFEF BGBG HIHI CDX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011 1111001 111111101 11111000001 111011111 0101101 111011011 1111 1101111 011011 011111 010101 110111111 1111 0111011 010111 111111101 10111 0111111 11111 111111 11011 1111 11011 1011 1 0110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 750
Words 156
Sentences 10
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted by michaeln.78865 on February 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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