Analysis of Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Dan Jeffrey Hyde 1968 (Harris County Texas)
Here today
gone tomorrow
along with our happiness
and our sorrow
Our seeds are planted
then we grow
living, some thriving
by what we know
Days, weeks, months
then years
we savor our laughter
and dry our tears
In the sunshine
and through the rain
we pray our existence
is not in vain
Along with our happiness
and our sorrow
here today
gone tomorrow
| Scheme | ABCB xbxb xxxx xdxd CBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (55%) Etheree (45%) |
| Metre | 101 101 01110100 01010 101110 111 10110 1111 111 11 1101010 01101 001 0101 1110010 1101 01110100 01010 101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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