Analysis of Birthday Bliss
When I was only but a kid,
I wished to blow candles everyday.
But now I'm older I'd appreciate a drink.
To drown in the misery of wishes unfulfilled.
Now I know why adults forget their birthdays
For a year tick-tocks like the weekdays,
And the mirror remarks "poor thee you're old'
With dreams forgotten, failure's foretold.
But far be it from me to forget the day I was born
Should I lack the why's to celebrate,
I'd drink in all the sadness and work the next year to be fun.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 111110101 11110101001 110010011001 1111010111 10111101 0010011111 11010101 11111110101111 11101110 110101001011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 477 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 368 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
About this poem
Birthdays signify the blessings of age and pose to address ones achievements.
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