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
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

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Written on January 13, 2024

Submitted by Arman_1 on January 13, 2024

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Arman Hoque

Founder of Empyrean Law and Senior Counsel, Arman Hoque holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Windsor in addition to a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a B.A. degree in Law and Society from the Ivy League Cornell University. In July 2004, he was called to the bar as barrister, solicitor, and notary public, following Articles with a prestigious Queen’s Counsel Firm. He worked in association with several prominent law firms and sage mentors to develop his high standard before establishing his own practice. Since then, he has grown his law firm. Focused on his compassion for access to justice, Mr. Hoque has received news attention for cases he has fought and won for his clients spanning 15 years of practice. He has contributed to precedents in the legal community and has been awarded numerous accolades recognizing his devotion to the law. For his clients, he uses his formidable cumulative knowledge and world-spanning experiences to effectively turn their real into as close to their ideal as legally possible. He has been a poet most his life, having self-published a volume in 1993 by honour of his patron father. more…

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