Analysis of Life Now
Megan Clauser 2006 (Saline)
My ears are tired of masks
My eyes are tired of screens
It did not used to be such a task
But now I just want to scream
I used to see smiles
I also saw frowns
now I only see files
of eyes on the ground
No I can't see your cheerful
I can't see your hurt
But I sense your fearful
I feel your alert
I wish you knew
I see the tense on your brow
I feel it too
but this is life now
Sleeping is harder too
From the doing nothing
I want to go out
Just to do something
I can’t see my friends
I’m cooped up at home
When will this end
I feel so alone
No one knew this would happen
We knew nothing
As our world starts to flatten
I wish we knew something
So many things
I thought life would never allow
Something to cling to
But this is life now
I miss the things
That I took for granted
The stuff that life brings
That we all demanded
The earth, the air
The stars up above
I want to share
To feel, to love
When this all first started
We were not the same
We have gone, parted
From before this became
You know you can’t change it
Go ahead and scowl
But you have so many blessings
In this life now
I know so much more
About the life that you planted
Let us leave this war
Of taking for granted
Food, water, money
a roof over your head,
The whole big vast sea
Your soft cozy bed
You are amazing
In your own way
And I can see it
Every day
You are here for a reason
Though you ask how
You are meant to be here
In this life now
The reason you are here
May be unknown
Though unclear
Follow the light you were shown
All different places
All different ages
All different races
Still the same pages
In the book that was written
The only one true
Though might be hidden
The story of you
Life might be hard
But still make the vow
To always live
Right in this life now
To live to laugh
to live a full life
And on behalf
Of those in strife
I beg of you
To please allow
Us to be free
In this life we live now
We toil all day
With little reward
Let us reach
The goal we look towards
And say I will be bright
The one to work and plow
To sow the light
Right in this life now
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (79%) |
Metre | 1111011 1111011 111111101 1111111 11111 11011 111011 11101 1111110 11111 111110 11101 1111 1101111 1111 11111 101101 101010 11111 11110 11111 11111 1111 11101 1111110 1110 11011110 111110 1101 11111001 10111 11111 1101 111110 01111 111010 0101 01101 1111 1111 111110 10101 11110 101101 111111 10101 11111010 0111 11111 01011110 11111 110110 11010 011011 01111 11101 11010 0111 01111 1001 1111010 1111 111111 0111 010111 1101 101 1001101 110010 110010 110010 10110 0011110 01011 11110 01011 1111 11101 111 10111 1111 11011 0101 1101 1111 1101 1111 011111 1111 11001 111 011101 011111 011101 1101 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,962 |
Words | 436 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 96 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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