Analysis of Why I Write My Poems
If you're my only reader
I would write for you.
Unlike the bottom feeder
your feedback is cue.
I write for you and the few
who understand the things I do.
If everyone read my work
I would write alike.
Vagaries would be a perk
without a restrike.
I write for tall and the small
who understand the things I call.
If all efforts went unread
I would write for me.
Zero would be left unsaid
as self-therapy.
I write for me and the free
who understand the things I see.
| Scheme | ABABBB CXCCDD EFEFFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 11111 0101010 1111 1111001 1010111 110111 11101 1001101 0101 1111001 1010111 1110101 11111 1011101 11100 1111001 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 446 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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