Analysis of Tomorrow Ill Promised
Bubblewrapped children
disparate hope
Spirits in limbo
shortest of ropes
Control and protection
their meaning belies
Tomorrow ill promised
—eternity cries
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)
| Scheme | AX XX AB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 1001 10010 1011 010010 11001 01110 01001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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