Analysis of Fair Weathered Friends
Fair Weathered Friends
I have no time for fair weathered people
When the storm demands shelter
Who throw breadcrumbs to me
When I’m in need of a meal
Who say I’m too busy
When time is needed now.
Sunshine souls crave sanguine illusions
Serenity moments so fleeting
Suffering makes them pale white
Reality requires a brave heart
Who faces down the coward
Unwilling to open their hand.
Your greatest friend beyond yourself
Exists as benignity incarnate
The selfless one whose time is infinite
Willing to answer your call
The breeze you feel but don’t see
Who comes when no one else does.
Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
* No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.*
Scheme | X XABXBX XXXXXX XCCXBX XA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1111111010 1010110 11111 1101101 111110 111101 11110010 010010110 1001111 10010011 1101010 01011011 11010101 0111010 0101111100 1011011 0111111 1111111 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 858 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Friends who really aren’t
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Written on August 14, 2023
Submitted by charlesedwardyork on August 14, 2023
Modified by charlesedwardyork on August 14, 2023
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