Analysis of Send Me a Postcard
I know you search for your rainbow's end;
I hope you find it soon, my friend.
I settled right here — no rainbow in sight,
And time will tell if I got it right.
Rainbows are so elusive, I fear;
If you get too close they disappear.
I lazily lounge in this sleepy old town,
But some find it hard to settle down.
I guess you have that restless gene;
Moving on from scene to scene.
Send me a postcard when you get there,
Wherever 'there' is. Dear friend, take care!
Copyright © Robert Haigh 2017
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 11111111 110111101 011111111 11101011 11111101 11001011011 111111101 11111101 1011111 11011111 010111111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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