Analysis of When Valentines Don't Come
I know that I do not do well
In making friends inside my shell
Which I can't leave behind.
But does the world fulfill a need
In making sure I don't succeed
With what won't leave my mind.
How could I when the phone won't ring
Nor when the mailman does not bring
A valentine to me.
I don't stand out, it's obvious.
I'm socially superfluous
In my invisibility.
| Scheme | AAB CCB DDE FFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 01010111 111101 11010101 01011101 111111 11110111 1101111 01011 11111100 110010 0100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 363 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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No real friends
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Written on October 14, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on October 14, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on October 14, 2023
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