Analysis of Who Knew?
Who knew life was as simple as a rhyme?
That all we have to give of ourselves is time?
Life is not as simple as a straight line;
But reality to certain rules it does confine.
Time moves forward regardless of how we turn;
We progress into a future more rigid and stern.
Yet our thoughts and dreams dare take us away,
To thoughts and dreams of yesterday.
Tomorrow is just a day to worry about;
Worry leads to tension and we shout.
Why worry ? Life today in its glorious day;
Enables to learn from lessons of yesterday.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life;
You’ve reached this point and crossed over; Like the edge of a knife.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEDD FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110101 111111100111 1111101011 11011011101 11100101111 110101011001 11010111101 1101110 01110111001 101110011 110101011001 01011110110 011011101111 11110110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 654 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
An epic mantra…
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