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 |
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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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