Analysis of Exchange



I miss yesterdays
I would trade a brand-new tomorrow
For an old used yesterday
Allow me to explain
The yesterdays of my life I know
I feel comfortable with
I know the pain, joy and the sorrow
It’s all familiar to me
And requires no effort of emotion
I already have the scars
I know how to play the game
The rules are clear
There is nothing to fear
But it’s the tomorrows
They say is a gift
Sometimes I wonder
If it’s a veil I want to lift
Somedays it can be a prize
Other times moments filled with lies
In either case a surprise
Some look forward
To the excitement of fear
It’s not something I relish to be near
This is why I want my yesterday
It’s a comfortable blanket in which to say
Good night my familiar light

Eric (and sometimes not)


Scheme XABXAXAXXXXCCXDXDEEEXCCBBX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 11101101 111110 011101 01011111 1110001 110110010 1101011 00101101010 1010101 1111101 0111 111011 11001 11101 01110 11011111 111101 10110111 0101001 1110 1001011 1110110111 11111110 101000100111 1110101 100011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 751
Words 147
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 26, 1
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 293
Words per stanza (avg) 73
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Submitted by EASN on February 12, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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