Analysis of All Is Not Lost If Found

Ramona Betancourt 1949 (New York)



We all search, sometimes in vain
For people, things, thoughts in our brains.
Yet, often when we choose to stop
That which was missing finally turns up!


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 110110101 11011111 1111010011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 148
Words 27
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on November 06, 2021

Submitted by 4Cecilia9 on November 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ramona Betancourt

Retired assistant librarian living in Lewes, Delaware since 2019. Was born and resided in New York before that. more…

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