Analysis of Rat Race
Human race in a rat race.
Winner winner winner, first place.
Second place only saves face of being the first to lose.
More pride’s in the stride of the one left behind.
Cause he stayed, didn’t cave, didn’t stray, determined to see it through.
Who’s to say?
What’s the best way to play this contest of life we’re in?
If you have no concern for your brother in turn, what do you really win?
There’s Number one, but there’s always a better one….another one vying for the prize.
Is it worth the sin, when the only way to win this game of life….is LIES?
It’s only fact until it isn’t.
It’s only truth until it’s not.
We take for granted what is given and always yearn for what is not.
The grass is always greener where you’ve never put the work.
If you’ve never had to struggle, you will never know your worth.
What comes around goes around.
Sometimes you’re up sometimes you’re down.
If noone’s there to hear you cry, do you really make a sound?
Glass half empty or glass half full …that’s really not the point.
Because no matter what you have ….what you have will always disappoint.
Human race in a rat race.
Winner winner winner, first place.
Second place only saves face of being the first to lose.
More pride’s in the stride of the one left behind.
Cause he stayed, didn’t cave, didn’t stray, determined to see it through.
Human race in a rat race…do you really want first place? Do you really?
Scheme | AABCDeffggchhijklkmmAABCDn |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010011 10101011 10110111100111 11001101101 11111110101111 111 0011111101100 111101111001111101 11011110101010110101 111011010111111111 11010111 11010111 1111011100111111 0111101110101 111011101110111 1101101 01110111 11111111110101 11101111110101 011101111111101 1010011 10101011 10110111100111 11001101101 11111110101111 101001111101111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,464 |
Words | 288 |
Sentences | 31 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,067 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 259 |
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Written on October 25, 2022
Submitted by Daybreak on April 26, 2023
Modified on April 29, 2023
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