Analysis of A Promise

Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)

Free verse
a promise
is
a flame
that
grows in the heart
but
a promise
is
how
this
love shall start

Scheme ABcdefABghe
Poetic Form
Metre 010 1 01 1 1001 1 010 1 1 1 111
Characters 87
Words 19
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 6
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Written on October 17, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

Modified by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

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