Analysis of Dear Diary,
I haven’t written in a while, dearest di.
The moon, she seemed to swoon
at every verse I never knew
as my words were breathily baited in the night.
Your binding’s been unbroken ,dearest di.
Some pages went unwritten
while my heart remained unsmitten,
so honestly I failed to even try.
But your chapters are my window, dearest di,
as my words, they are the snow
that softly float in subtle glow
of golden light that glistens from inside.
You’ve been a very patient listener, dearest di,
and you would never ask me more
than what I’m opening you for
as your cover slowly cracks and pages sigh.
Scheme | ABXX AXBC ADDX AEEC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110001101 011111 110011101 1110110001 111010101 1101010 111011 1100111101 11101110101 1111101 11010101 110111101 1101010100101 01110111 11110011 11101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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