Analysis of In Kind



I’m thankful to others
I’m thankful for them
I’m thankful to brothers
and sisters Amen

I’m thankful for the turkey
and thankful for wine
Thankful I’m thirsty
and hungry to dine

Open to the promise
Open to the mind
Open to the gathering
of home folk in kind


Scheme AXAX BCBC XDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 110110 11011 110110 01001 1101010 01011 10110 01011 101010 10101 1010100 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 255
Words 48
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 16

About this poem

be kind. force it on people

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Written on October 05, 2021

Submitted by Poetbird on October 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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