Analysis of Today
Today I bring myself to all that care
to promise to save a life; if it’s only my own
Today the wind blows cold through the needles of the fir
trees and I’m pleased as winter eases into spring
Today I live my day like most any other day except-ing that
and expecting that; all will be glad for it’s Today
Today I pray for you, for me ... for all the world you see
for I liked to believe that; that we equally deserve the day.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 011111111 1101101111011 0101111010101 101111010011 01111111101010111 0010111111101 01111111110111 1111011111000101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 443 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
About this poem
Written for a group I run at a mental health drop in center in Newton NJ called mindfulness.
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Written on August 05, 2018
Submitted by PaulParker on July 05, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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