Analysis of Living in the NOW



We have resentment for past events
The time we spend won't pay the rent
We fuss about the future too
Me oh my what will we do?
We control one moment: NOW


Scheme ABCCD
Poetic Form Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 110101101 01111101 11010101 1111111 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 149
Words 32
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 32

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Written on August 24, 2021

Submitted by dlglibra on August 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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David Granteer

The website shows me as "davidg20663". This is the identity I was assigned when I joined. The stuff (including poems) under this identity was submitted before I joined the website. I was born in Montana and grew up in Portland, OR. I went to a technical high school, Benson, and worked on the radio station there, KBPS. I was in the Navy Reserves and spent my active duty in Washington, DC I have a BS in physics and an MSEE I am a life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers I was granted two patents I have been married nine times The name of my present wife is Carol We have a combined family of six children I list my religion as Zen Buddhism more…

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