Analysis of Life



Life is not what I thought it would be
I am merely a lost soul,
roaming wild and free.

Life always seems to let me down
no tears of disappointment,
just the faint glimmer of a frown.

It's easier to hold your feelings inside
I learned this concept,
when my spirit died.

Intense situations at a young age
is what brought about
all this built up rage.

Now I sit and rethink my life's plan,
I try to make good decisions for myself,
for only I can.

But is it really worth it all
to live through all this insanity
just to wait for God's call?


Scheme AXA BXB CXC DXD EXE FAF
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111 1110011 10101 1111111 111010 10110101 11001111001 11110 11101 010101011 11101 11111 111001111 1111101011 11011 11110111 111110100 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 519
Words 106
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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