Analysis of Goodbye to an old friend



The first goodbye is the hardest,
being your friend was not the smartest,
Forty Two years, we have been together,
longer for me than any other,

You stuck with me, through the bad and the good,
You were more desirable to me than food,

When I was fourteen just barely a teenager,
You became my major,

You seemed to calm my fears,
You took away my tears,

You walked miles with me,
We walked by the sea,

You never abandoned me,
You never let me be,

You watched me, you calmed me,
You spent all my money,
You made me laugh, you were so funny

You made me smell bad,
You made me sad,

You made me chase you,
even before the morning dew,

You tasted really bad, so I had to find things to make you taste better,
You where the chains that fetter,

You made me crave you, and when you weren't there, you made me angry,
You ate away at my health, like gangrene,

So old friend, this journey must come to an end,

It is this day that I say, chow, Goodbye,
it is time to put my hand to the plow, and not look back,

You will NOT give me a heart attack,

Goodbye, do not come calling again,
it is time for this to end!


Scheme AABB XX BB XX CC CC CCC DD EE BB CX F XG G XF
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010 101111010 1011111010 101111010 1111101001 10101001111 11111110010 101110 111111 110111 11111 11101 1100101 110111 111111 111110 111110110 11111 1111 11111 10010101 110101111111111110 1101110 1111101110111110 1101111110 11111011111 111111111 11111111010111 111110101 11111001 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,121
Words 267
Sentences 2
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 56
Words per stanza (avg) 15

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A quit smoking poem

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Written on March 03, 2023

Submitted on June 10, 2023

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