Analysis of Oh How I Changed
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 |
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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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Be yourself!
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Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 17, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on June 17, 2023
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