Analysis of No Day To Lay Away
We can exploit everyday
and shout about tomorrow.
There's no day to lay away, we have no oath to borrow.
We can breathe only today
and hope about tomorrow.
There's no day to lay away, we have no gasp to borrow.
We can await judgment day
and fret about tomorrow.
There's no day to lay away, we have no worth to borrow.
We can exist day by day
and shrink about tomorrow.
There's no day to lay away, we have no spare to borrow.
We can rest the seventh-day
and slog about tomorrow.
There's no day to lay away, we have no glut to borrow.
We can learn from yesterday
and dream about tomorrow.
There's no day to lay away, we have no time to borrow.
| Scheme | ABBABBABBABBABBABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 010101 1111101111111 1111001 010101 1111101111111 1101101 010101 1111101111111 1101111 010101 1111101111111 1110101 010101 1111101111111 111110 010101 1111101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 624 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 126 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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