Analysis of How Did You Spend Your Day

John Arthur Burnett 1949 (Jersey City)



When you woke this morning,
did you smile and greet the day?
Or did you frown at the dawning,
and have nothing good to say.
Did your family see you happy,
or only sadness in your face?
A warm smile and I love you,
or did they long for an embrace.
Did you make someone glad to see you,
as you greeted them today?
Did they try to avoid you,
not wanting to hear what you might say?
Did you take time to think of others,
or did you just go walking by?
Did you think one thing about them?
Did you hear a single sigh?
Is one single soul rejoicing,
because you shared your day?
Or did they look at you with sadness,
as you quickly walked away?
You know days can be wasted,
and leave a trail of discontent.
Or can bring love and laughter,
depending on how your day was spent.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 767
Words 177
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 590
Words per stanza (avg) 154

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Spending your day in the positive

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Written on April 01, 2022

Submitted by mickyrodent42 on April 04, 2022

Modified on May 01, 2023

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John Arthur Burnett

A retired Vietnam veteran who all his life wanted to write but life and family required his full attention. Now in the "Golden Years" the time is here to write about everything under the sun. Plenty of time and a head full of memories. more…

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