Analysis of The Promise
Often now when in a contemplative mood
Relaxing with not a care
Suddenly recalling a promise
An innocent, spur of the moment promise
made on an intimate occasion long ago
A promise made in jest
made in the heat of passion
No real intent of actually seeing it to fruition
A promise made nevertheless
A promise
Hollow, shallow, superficial
Disturbing to me, now
A promise haunting me all these years
A promise attempt to make light of it, laughing at it
denying it, ridiculing the idea of it
Binding me ?
Thinking of the promise, thoughts swelling inside
Bursting at brain seams
Pushing me, pulling me, pressuring me
to keep my promise, to you.
Scheme | XXAAX XBBX AXXX CCD XXDX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 10110001001 0101101 100010010 11001101010 111100010101 010101 1001110 110111001011010 0101001 010 1010010 010111 010101111 01001111111011 0101100001011 101 10101011001 10111 1011011001 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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