Analysis of Oh How I Changed

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



For years I followed any crowd
That gathered anywhere.
And every time I was allowed
To join them as a spare.

I used to walk each lonely trail,
Not knowing where it went.
Afraid of judgement if I failed
In times that weren't well spent

But then one day I came upon
A path I'd seen before.
A path that seemed worth walking on.
A way that offered more.

Why did it now call out to me?
I had to go this way
To find all that there was to see.
Oh how I changed that day!


Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11110101 11010 010011101 111101 11111101 110111 01110111 0111011 11111101 011101 01111101 011101 11111111 111111 11111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 466
Words 109
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 17, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on June 17, 2023

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