Analysis of The Tightrope of Improvement

Morgan Davis 1994 (Iowa)



Are we ever satisfied?

Should we be?

It's a fine line to walk

The line between self-improvement and self-criticism.

They say to always be improving yourself

'What more can I do?'

Because surely this is not enough!

You look at your life and it's exactly what you asked for one year prior.

Yet here you are wondering where you'll be one year from today.

Because surely you can't still be here.

You should be over there! There is even better.

But what if you actually just sat

Right where you are

And looked around

And rejoiced in the life you have built

The journey you have taken

The love you have received.

What if you took a moment to just Be.


Scheme X A X X X X X B X X B X X X X X X A
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 111 101111 0101101001100 1111101001 11111 011011101 111110101011111110 111110011111101 011011111 111101111010 111110011 1111 0101 001001111 0101110 011101 1111010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 706
Words 160
Sentences 13
Stanzas 18
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Written on March 16, 2022

Submitted by morgand.87600 on March 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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