Analysis of Unknown

Jesica Le Blanc White 1982 (United States)



His life is like a letter,
Written by unknown.
He scribes in vivid color,
then erases all the glow.

When the reader views it,
He revises once again,
to make a new beginning,
That will never ever end.


Scheme AXAX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 10101 1101010 1010101 101011 1010101 1101010 1110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 194
Words 38
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

Never really knowing someone

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Submitted on July 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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