Analysis of New Friend



I WOKE UP LONELY
LAST NIGHT... CLAWING AT MY DOOR -
A NOT-SO-STRAY CAT


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 11110 1110111 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 70
Words 14
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

Friends appear suddenly. It may seem that they need you but what if you need them more? Don't drive them away!

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Written on June 08, 2022

Submitted by gaurav_m on August 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Gaurav Mehra

Hi, I am 47, and I was born in Bombay, now Mumbai - a rebound to its earlier name. I've realized it isn't just names that change but cities and people too. I've changed. Umpteen times. And a thousand circles later I'm back to writing poetry, a passion that began when I first fell in love a million years ago. I was 13 then, and a fool, realizing not the causes that make a poet of a boy. I love the sea and the mountains alike so I am perennially inspired to write poetry. more…

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