Analysis of For an Unmet Friend
Laughter and light,
Love and trust ~
Dark pain and brooding thoughts
when betrayal walks the night.
Glittering demons of disgust
shriek despair and sorrow,
raising their withered hands
to grasp our feet as we struggle past.
Silent corners of our lives beckon:
Stay quiet, stay here, say nothing,
and the pain will pass;
We will cover our heads in mourning.
Yet as we crouch in this silent place,
This darkened room of memory,
A small kindness reaches out
to re-awaken joy.
| Scheme | ABXA BXXX XCXC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 1001 101 110101 1010101 10010101 101010 101101 1110111101 1010110110 11011110 00111 1110101010 111101101 11011100 0110101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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