Analysis of A Look at My Life
I was lost in my soul.
I looked for meaning.
I worried about my purpose.
I was lost until I turned around,
and saw where I have been.
Scheme | ABCDE |
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Poetic Form | Tanka (40%) Cinquain (40%) |
Metre | 111011 11110 11001110 111011101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 129 |
Words | 28 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
I, John W. Aber, Wrote it in 2002, it is copyrighted and published in your book. Poetry.com
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