Analysis of What's this life for?



Someone I knew once told me
there is more to life then this
life should be filled with joy
and so much more out there

but here I ponder with thoughts
what is this life truly for  
I feel so alone sometimes
words can't seem to express

I often wonder at some point
does life get better somedays
will I ever be at peace  with my mind
where I'm free of negativity and pain

It's not that I don't appreciate things
for the most part I love being me
I just haven't been me lately
that just just scares me altogether

I haven't always felt this way
all of this misery and pain
please make it go away
bring back the sunshine


Scheme ABXX XXXX XBXC XAAX DCDX
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111111 1111111 111111 011111 1111011 1111101 1110101 111101 11010111 111101 1110111111 1111010001 111110101 101111101 11101110 11111010 1101111 11110001 111101 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 624
Words 130
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

How people can feel sometime

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Written on September 03, 2022

Submitted by cynthianovotny6 on September 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Cynthia novotny

hi yes my name is Cynthia Novotny. I write all kinds of poems. Its a way to get out how I feel. There are all different kinds of poems. This is the first one I have written in a while. more…

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