Analysis of A Toast to the 9-5



To all my people out there hoping they don’t wake up,
expecting to slip in the shower and end in the tub.
To all my people, while shaving, looking to shred up their neck
and pray that nobody comes by to check.
To all my people out there wishing they’d just make a mistake
and add arsenic instead of sugar to their bowl of cornflakes.
To all my people stalling on a highway bypass
Yearning for the whole damn thing to collapse.
I see you.

And so, to all my people who want to hang with their ties
And at the end of the day say their final goodbyes.
To all of you a toast!
To the daily grind.
I’ll see you all again tomorrow.


Scheme XXAAXBBBX BBXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011101111 01011001001001 111101101011111 01111111 111101110111001 011000111011111 11110101011 1010111101 111 01111101111111 010110111101 111101 10101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 630
Words 135
Sentences 9
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 5
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 242
Words per stanza (avg) 63
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Written on August 26, 2022

Submitted by neilkdave on September 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Neil Dave

I'm a writer and stand up comedian trying my hand at poetry. If you enjoy any of my writing this is not what I do full time and any token of your appreciation is greatly appreciated as it will help fund making writing a greater part of my life and get more content to you! You can buy me a cup of coffee (or 2) here ko-fi.com/neilkdave, most of these were written on caffeine, all caffeine helps. more…

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