Analysis of Forgiving? Or does the monkey stay?
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Is it that I have forgiven
Incidents long since been past
Hurts from a friend
Insults to end
Peace that I thought
Long would last.
Had I mistaken his meaning
Had I been troubled elsewhere
Did I foul up
Choose the Wrath’s cup
Misted these thoughts
From the past.
No, I resolve to do better
Weighty this bitter
Retained
Take a fresh start
Dry clean the Heart
Joyful the Peace
Regained.
Simply a better spin
Put on some words.
What I had heard
Unstained.
| Scheme | ABCCDBEFGGHBIIJKKLJMNOJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111010 1001111 1101 0111 1111 111 11010110 111101 1111 1011 111 101 11011110 10110 01 1011 1101 1001 01 100101 1111 1111 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 453 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 23 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 361 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Written on December 04, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 04, 2022
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 11, 2023
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