Analysis of Never had a chance to say goodbye.
They'll wake up this morning
like days in the past,
prepare for the day, not a word
will be said.
The children awaken
and are hurried along,
no time will be taken
to say what is wrong.
Mom and Dad leave for work
and go seperate ways,
one will not return
at the end of the day.
One has came home and
the children are there,
a simple I love you,
may have cleared the air.
Saying I'm sorry
or I love you instead,
may have been easier
now it can't be said.
So wake up each morning
and atleast say Hi,
the people you love need to hear it,
or atleast a goodbye.
Dying so sudden within
in the blink of an eye,
Means, I never took the chance
to say it,
I love you, Goodbye!
Scheme | AXXB CDCD XXXX XEXE XBXB AFGF XFXGF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 11001 01101101 111 010010 011001 111110 11111 101111 0111 11101 101101 11110 01011 010111 11101 10110 111101 111100 11111 111110 0111 010111111 1101 1011001 001111 1110101 111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on January 21, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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