Analysis of Living or existing
Some of us think we're living.
Were barely existing
We live a lifetime no one knows it
Until the day comes were no longer living
No one knows the difference.
If we were
Living or existing?
| Scheme | AABACDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 010010 11011111 01011011010 1110100 110 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
About this poem
When I retired, I realized I was never living life, just Existing in my mind.
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Written on February 03, 2023
Submitted by pehicks51 on February 03, 2023
Modified on April 14, 2023
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