Analysis of Inevitable



The unknown brings breathlessness.
Ineluctable time
brings moisture upon my cheek.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 00111 11 1100111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 82
Words 12
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

This poem is a haiku about the weeks leading to my mother's death and the sense of panic and waiting.

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Written on February 28, 2023

Submitted by katie95 on February 27, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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