Analysis of My Faraway Friend
I just looked up in the sky
and saw a plane passing by.
To where you are my friend
I wish I could fly
for a visit of shopping,
dining and wine, and
time.
Time to spend.
Time to waste.
Time to let the day spin
as it may.
As time speeds away,
I’m thinking if you today.
| Scheme | AABACDEBFGHHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111001 0101101 111111 11111 1010110 10010 1 111 111 111011 111 11101 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 272 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
About this poem
A poem written while thinking of a friend and happened to see a plane in the sky while doing so. This is the first poem I wrote some time ago and I don’t remember the exact date it was written. It was poetry of the day on poetry.com.
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Written on May 01, 2008
Submitted by sshipley on March 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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