Analysis of Dinner For One
He still sets a table for two
And plays their favorite song
His heart remembers
When she was there to sing along.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 11101011 0111001 11010 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 114 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem for every "Old Man" that misses Wife.
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Written on February 18, 2021
Submitted by verkuilen6 on May 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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