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 |
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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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