Analysis of The three letters
THE THREE LETTERS
1, YESTERDAY..........(Faith)
And so I'll think of you
all day long
and night time too
and I'll scan the news
how war has gone
seeking clues
and the children want to know
how is dad
and where did you go
2, TO-DAY ..........(Hope)
Please take care
I hear fighting's bad
over there
I worry day and night
that you're safe
you'll be alright
the children say
it's one year to-day
since you went away
I pray, it's true
someday soon
we''ll hear from you
the children are crying too
they won't admit
but I know they do
the minister has said
I can't accept
you may be dead
| Scheme | X X AXA BXB CDC X EDE FXF GGG AXA AXA HXH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (53%) Etheree (33%) |
| Metre | 0110 101 011111 111 0111 01101 1111 101 0010111 111 01111 111 111 11101 101 110101 111 111 0101 11111 11101 1111 11 1111 0101101 1101 11111 010011 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 596 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 22, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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