Analysis of Tomorrow will be better




People on the street begging for life
Respect of life their last cry to any who hear
As they lay their heads to sleep and dream
Praying tomorrow will be better.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 101011011 011111111011 111111101 10011110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 157
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on February 13, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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