Analysis of The things you can control
Lily Mae 2011 (Missouri)
Your Beliefs
Your attitude
Your thoughts
Your perspective
How honest you are
Who your friends are
What books you read
How often you exercise
The type of food you eat
How many risks you take
How you interpret the situation
How kind you are to others
How kind you are to yourself
How often you say “I love you.”
How often you say “thank you.”
How you express your feelings
Whether or not you ask for help
How often you practice gratitude
How many times you smile today
The amount of effort you put forth
How you spend / invest your money
How much time you spend worrying
How often you think about your past
Whether or not you judge other people
Whether or not you try again after a setback
How much you appreciate the things you have.
| Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIJKLMMNOBPQRSTUVW |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 110 11 1010 11011 1111 1111 110110 011111 110111 110100010 1111110 1111101 11011111 1101111 1101110 10111111 11011010 11011101 001110111 11101110 11111100 110110111 1011111010 101111011001 1110100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 740 |
| Words | 141 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 26 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 586 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
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Written on August 31, 2022
Submitted by lily.mathews0902 on August 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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