Analysis of My friend
Jenny cogar 1953 (Webster)
As my friend
Lyes dying
Her breath
Shallow whisps
I can't help but think
Bout the things
Wed wish
Our children
To be closer
Lives not so hard
Taking time to
Live not to exist
Our loves
Never to
Leave us
Going to
Heavenly bliss.
| Scheme | XXXA XAX XXXBX ABABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 110 01 101 11111 101 11 1010 1110 1111 1011 11101 101 101 11 101 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 233 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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A dying friend
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Written on October 18, 2022
Submitted by cogarvirginia on October 18, 2022
Modified on May 02, 2023
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