Analysis of When I Was Happy

Gloria E Rivera 1962 (IL)



When I Was Happy I Use to Smile
When I was Happy I Use to Laugh
 When I Was Happy I Cried With Joy
When  I Was Happy I Was So In Love
Now That I'm Not Happy My Dreams Are Gone.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111101111 111101111 111101111 1111011101 1111101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 172
Words 42
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 43

About this poem

This poem It's sad But the pass Life I had.

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Written on August 02, 2021

Submitted by r.gloria.e62 on August 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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