On a Tuesday
I’ll remember the day
The people complained
Their flights were delayed,
When their children were whining for supper.
As a tired young woman
Aches for a night
Off from the flights,
A good friend says she will help her.
A good friend says that she will help her.
Hours pass slow
On a Tuesday that grows
Into the day I will always remember.
Then comes a voice on the line
That lent a chill to my spine,
And I knew that the plane was falling.
I'll always know the plane was falling.
I started to cry,
Thanked God I was alive,
And prayed for a woman's friend
Who worked on that plane in September.
I worked morning and night
When a woman's friend died
In a plane on a normal Tuesday
In September.
I worked morning and night
When a woman's friend died
In a plane on the Tuesday
You'll always remember.
On a Tuesday that you will remember.
On a Tuesday you'll always remember.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xxxa xbxaa xxacc dd xxxa BEfa BEfa aa |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 842 |
Words | 165 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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