Analysis of Child of Yesterday
Child of yesterday
forlorn
reluctant
gazing at her life
from within the past.
A life unfolded since
that captive moment.
Child of dreaming
bewildered
undaunted
clutching a symbol
of comfort and hope.
Scheme | XXAXX XA XXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 01 010 10101 10101 010101 11010 1110 010 010 10010 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 188 |
Words | 32 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 5 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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