Analysis of My Yesterdays
What I chased, I could never have.
What I had, I did not want.
What I want, I do not need.
What I need,I cannot say.
What I said,I will not repeat.
I will not repeat my yesterdays.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 1111111 1111111 111101 1111101 11101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 175 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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