Analysis of Hard Knocks
I'm from the school of Hard Knocks
There I spent many years
Conducting lessons repeatedly
I couldn't seem to adhere
So many wounds layed open
From my life of hardships
Always feeling broken
From my self inflicted kicks
I'm not sure when I decided
To not admit self defeat
And go with the flow
By standing on my two feet
I do know that ever since
It feels great to say
I graduated from that school
And went on my merry way
The lessons that I learned
Made me who I am today
And gave me strength to carry on
By simply be proud
Of the me I have become
| Scheme | ABCDEFEGHIJIKLMLNLOPQ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 111101 010100100 1101101 1101110 111110 11010 1110101 1111110 1101101 01101 1101111 1111101 11111 1100111 0111101 010111 1111101 01111101 11011 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 547 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 435 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
About this poem
It's true.
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Written on January 23, 2014
Submitted by betha.54641 on May 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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