Analysis of When you are there
When you are there
but not there!
You know what I mean,
it’s not always as it seems,
you may be there
but miles away some where.
When you are there
you may be lost in a daydream
if you are lucky,
or it could be a nightmare,
who can fathom your quagmire ?
You may be there,
but not quite here.
Life’s quandaries
up and down the shutes.
Sunshine and rainbows one minute
then menacing dark clouds begin
to descend upon you
sure and sanguine.
Life’s jitteries
never fail to catch you in your miseries,
when you are there
but not there.
Life cannot always be
as comfortable as two peas in a pod
joy and despair both can be our lot
when you are there
but not there.
Throwing in the the towels or
throwing down the gauntlets
which shall be your outlet
going down the wayside
or picking yourself up
if you have been on the downside?
When you are there
but not there.
Scheme | AAxbAa AxcaxAx dxxexebdAA cxxAA xbxfxfAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 111 11111 111111 1111 110111 1111 1111001 11110 111101 1110110 1111 1111 1100 10101 101110 11001101 101011 1010 11 10111101100 1111 111 11011 11000111001 1001111101 1111 111 10000101 10101 11111 10101 110011 1111101 1111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 844 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 10, 5, 8 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
Life’s problems, distraught and despair redemption life salvation
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