Analysis of The Life I Had
Tammara Cappellano 1958 (Vancouver, Wa)
Did you ever think your life was fine?
You held the world inside your hand.
There was nothing that you couldn't do;
And your life... was simply grand?
You knew that you could never fail
And all you dreams came true.
Until one day you realized;
That you were just a fool.
I found that I was confident,
I thought that I was strong.
That I could accomplish anything;
Just to find that I was wrong.
Life had so much promise,
A new adventure every day.
I thought success would surely come;
And I'd never end up this way.
I am alone and by myself,
And will die the very same.
No one will remember me,
Or think of me by name.
No one said that life is fair;
Or that I'd sail along,
But I thought the life I had;
Was great and made me strong.
Nothing turned out like I planned,
and I see my life has changed.
Nothing that I thought I had,
Would ever be the same.
I'd have absolutely everything,
And life would be so great.
Who would have thought the opposite?
That this sadness is my fate?
If second chances could come true;
I would change who I've become.
And maybe you would find me
And I could be loved... by anyone.
Scheme | XABA XBXX XCDC XEFE XGHG XCIC AXIG DJXJ BFHX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 111011111 11010111 111011101 0111101 11111101 011111 0111110 110101 11111100 111111 11101010 1111111 111110 010101001 11011101 01101111 1101011 0110101 1110101 111111 1111111 111101 1110111 110111 1011111 0111111 1011111 110101 1101010 011111 11110100 1110111 11010111 1111101 0101111 01111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,076 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Self Reflection
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Written on March 23, 2018
Submitted by tcappellano1 on September 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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