Analysis of Tomorrow Unpromised
Where would we be
without the bomb
Was Einstein a savior
or devil aplomb
Our power the fire
all enemies dread
Till stealing its physics
unmaking our bed
The world on the edge
of a looming abyss
Missiles entombing
a terrorist wish
Tomorrow unpromised
all time day to day
Eternity waiting
—forever to blame
(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: May, 2022)
Scheme | XABABCXC XXDXCEDX E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 0101 110010 11001 1010010 11001 110110 1101 01101 101001 101 01001 011 11111 010010 01011 1100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 353 |
Words | 62 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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