Analysis of Gratitude



I can never thank all of you
For what you read from the dead
The time you took
Has me shook

The fact you spent minutes on me
Opens my heart
And fills me with glee

I can never return
Your incredible gift
I can only hope
That my words did lift
And make you smile or think
Or laugh with a wink

To see you take a chance on my thought
Is worth more than can be bought
It is humility in which I am caught

It is only with the words
That I continue to spew
That I hope you remain the few
That I touched
But never knew

The life that you spent
Of your minds rent
Is truly to me
Heaven sent

I can never adequately thank you
But only offer moral rebuff
And wonder if I’m good enough


Scheme AXBB CXC XDXDEE XFF XAAXA GGCG AHH
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111 1111101 0111 111 01111011 1011 01111 111001 101001 11101 11111 011111 11101 111101111 1111111 11010001111 1110101 1101011 11110101 111 1101 01111 1111 11011 101 1110100011 110101001 01011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 684
Words 151
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 6, 3, 5, 4, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by EASN on March 24, 2024

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