Analysis of I'll Go Tomorrow



Telephone rings, it's my mom. We chat about the
small things and the events of our day. I ask her
how my grandma is, she says she's getting better.
You really need to go see her.
"I'll go tomorrow" I tell her.
Weeks, months, fly by, grandma get sick, but
recovers. Still mom keeps saying you need to
go see her.
"I'll go tomorrow" I say.
Years go by, life gets hectic, but I manage to see
her on the special occasions. I don't get to her
house much more than that.
Mom calls early one morning to tell me
grandma died during the night, I feel so
guilty. I should have visited more.
Never say "I'll go tomorrow",
when tomorrow comes, it will be today,
and it may be too late.


Scheme ABBBBCDBEFBGFHIHEJ
Poetic Form
Metre 10111111010 1100011101110 111011111010 11011110 1101110 111110111 01011110111 110 110111 1111110111011 0101001011110 11111 1110110111 1011001111 101111001 1011101 101111101 011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 656
Words 132
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 505
Words per stanza (avg) 132
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 24, 2023

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