Analysis of Neo Birthday
JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)
Let one more slip by, alive
Despite the Pandemic
Even though I did survive
Don't need to feel apologetic
Calendar pages flipped by the wind
While the mirror image ages
Cakeless candles slowly dimmed
Faded vision hid internal rages
Scheme | ABAB XXXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1111101 010010 1011101 11110010 100101101 10101010 110101 1010101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 223 |
Words | 39 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Personal celebration
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Written on September 14, 2021
Submitted by jb809499 on September 14, 2021
Modified on April 29, 2023
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