Analysis of Letter
Idle letter,
Lost in the recesses
Of a crowded desk.
The ink, once vibrant,
Now faded, sun-bleached,
A ghost of forgotten thoughts.
Words linger on brittle paper,
A whisper on the edge of memory,
A melody lost in time’s symphony.
Unanswered questions inhabit
The hollow spaces between lines,
Echoes of what once was.
Does the recipient rest in knowing,
Or are they caught in a dance of wonder,
Trapped in the anticipation of reply?
Who holds the power in this silence?
The sender, with their bated breath,
Or the recipient, with their unread words?
Idle letter,
Undelivered,
But not unheard.
Scheme | Axx xxx abb xxx xax xxx Acc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 100100 10101 01110 11011 0110101 11011010 0101011100 0100101100 1010010 01010011 101111 1001001010 1111001110 1000010101 110100110 01011101 10010011011 1010 010 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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