Analysis of Cold comfort



A comforter bright
both yellow and blue
like would belong
on a child’s warm bed

a light left on
to chase away fears
that sleep might be found
on a warm spring night

sleep though is troubled
and flees far away
quiet voices disturbing
growing in the night

people do gather
and stand far away
fearfully planning
of what they will do

their workplace is waiting
they need to go in
but there by the doorway
he has made his cold bed

no bed for his comfort
nor pillow for his head
laying on the cement
seeking his rest

quickly they gather
and run for the door
do quickly pass by him
and no one will look

in darkness I watch them
and wonder if once
when I was then homeless
how did they see me

and I walk by him
and go in the door
and in my passing
I give him a sad smile

now I do wonder
just where he did go
when on the doorstep
no room was there for him


Scheme ABXC XXXA XDEA FDEB EXDC XCXX FGHX XXXX HGEX FXXH
Poetic Form Tetractys  (38%)
Etheree  (28%)
Metre 01001 11001 1101 10111 0111 11011 11111 10111 11110 01101 1010010 10001 10110 01101 110 11111 11110 11110 11101 111111 111110 110111 101001 1011 10110 01101 110111 01111 010111 01011 111110 11111 01111 01001 00110 111011 11110 11111 1101 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 810
Words 175
Sentences 1
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted by wakofoed on June 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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