Analysis of Passerby



I was once a Passerby , touched once,
shared beliefs, common touches,
in brief moments,
hands touched,  with souls
learned..

In the dark the lights never came on,
those to feel the touch, words never to speak

Now to the day in light we walk and pass by.


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Poetic Form
Metre 111010011 1011010 0110 1111 1 001011011 1110111011 11010111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 259
Words 54
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 2, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 16

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strangers then known then strangers again .

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Written on October 02, 2024

Submitted by charlief132 on March 06, 2024

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