Analysis of for all teenagers with divorced parents



would my life be easier
if my parents had never divorced?
i guess we’ll never know.

would my life be easier
if my dad never had cheated on my mom?
i guess we’ll never know.

sometimes, though, i like to imagine
what my life would be
if none of that had ever happened.

would i be happier?
i guess we’ll never know.

but something certain is, that
my mom wouldn’t have another child with another man.
my dad wouldn’t have another child with another woman.

i wouldn’t be stuck at home watching over the kids.
i would be free to go out on weekends.
without worrying about the kids,
and thinking “oh, who’s going to stay with them?”

something certain is, that
i would be capable of fully enjoying my teenage years.
i wouldn’t stress about other kids’ homework.
i would be able to travel more.

but at the end,
i guess we’ll never know.


Scheme AxB AxB cxx aB dxc exex dxxx xB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111100 111011001 111101 1111100 11110110111 111101 011111010 11111 111111010 111100 111101 1101011 1111010110101 11110101101010 111111101001 111111111 011000101 01011101111 101011 111100110010111 111011011 111101101 1101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 835
Words 156
Sentences 16
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted by nina59 on May 25, 2021

Modified on March 12, 2023

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