Analysis of Life Keeps Trying to Knock Me Down
Life keeps trying to knock me down,
With problems thrown my way.
It makes me wear a fitful frown,
As blue skies turn to grey.
I've taken knocks all through the years,
But still I battle on.
Pleasures often plagued with fears
Are what I feed upon.
Tarnished dreams still have their place
In this imperfect world.
A smile can still caress my face
When triumph is unfurled.
Two steps forward, one step back,
Is how it often goes.
I compensate for what I lack
By keeping on my toes!
Life keeps trying to knock me down,
And sometimes it succeeds.
But I can take and break that frown
By tempering my needs!
Copyright © Robert Haigh 2017
| Scheme | Abab cdcd efef ghgh Aiai b |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111 110111 11110101 111111 11011101 111101 1010111 111101 1011111 010101 01110111 110101 1110111 111101 1101111 110111 11101111 001101 11110111 110011 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 622 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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