Analysis of This Is My Life
Jeffrey J La Point 1977 (Ohio)
This Is My Life
Walking together through every place.
Sharing the same emotions,
But you've never seen my face.
I hear every word when you speak.
I feel every beat of your heart.
And even though we've never met,
We're never far apart.
Then one day you noticed,
That there's a life inside of you.
You ask my father exactly what he thinks,
And he tells you what you must do.
So the three of us go to see,
This man dressed in white.
He explains every option,
But you decide to end my life.
Why must you do this?
It really isn't fair.
You never loved me.
You never cared.
I could have been someone,
But this is my last day.
And even though you do not love me,
I have one more thing to say.
I love you mommy.
Just give me one more try.
I want to live mommy.
I do not want to die.
This is my life.
Scheme | A bxbxcxc xdxdexfa xxex fgeg eheh A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1001011001 1001010 1110111 111001111 111001111 01011101 110101 111110 11010111 11110010111 01111111 10111111 11101 10110010 1111111 11111 110101 11011 1101 11111 111111 010111111 1111111 11110 111111 111110 111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 819 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 8, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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