Analysis of Today



Then has past, and the future hasn't come,
but now is always here for us.
Forget today's tomorrow,
so we can bask in the warmth of yesterday's sun.
Forget what it's like to be old,
so we can stand in the rain and feel young.
Forget all the times that I made you cry,
so we can share one last kiss before we die.
Forget being sad and hurt,
for not all lessons are easily learned.
Forget those that doubted your first dream,
Success comes with a passion that others can't see.
Forget falling down,
you got up without flapping a wing.
Forget the sound of a crying baby,
always remember his laugh.
Never forget those you love and miss,
they are here today, love them now before their missed.


Scheme ABCDEFGGHIJKLMKNOP
Poetic Form
Metre 1110010101 1111111 010101 11110011101 01111111 1111001011 0110111111 11111110111 0110101 1111011001 011110111 011101011011 01101 111011001 0101101010 101011 100111101 111011110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 679
Words 130
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 533
Words per stanza (avg) 130
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Submitted by jonathanh.35480 on May 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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