Analysis of Goodbye Old Friend
Today I will bury my old friend.
Eleven years gone by and now the end.
You were there for me through thin and thick,
Still giving me love when you were sick.
As you laid there dying, I wondered if I had done enough,
So many days when you had accidents that I treated you tough.
It is true what they say, "be kind to the littlest",
And, though I wasn't perfect, my life you blessed.
Now you lay there lifeless, expelled your last breath,
No more purrs to comfort me, filled with regrets.
But, enough about me, for the time is nigh.
I hope you fare well old friend and smile at me from on high.
For Blackie RIP 100326
Scheme | AABB CCXX XXDD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110111 0101110101 101111101 110111101 111110110111101 1101111100111011 1111111110100 01110011111 11111001111 11111011101 10101110111 11111110111111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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