Analysis of Boredom



By: Curtis Carroll Tuesday, October 13, 2009

You wake up in the morning, get out of bed,
Brush your teeth and massage your head,
A cup of tea, perhaps a cuppa ‘Joe”,
In your car to work and away you go.

A daily ritual that you despise,
Perseverance is a must, otherwise,
A little crazy, you would become,
Six days a week, then yearlong.

What else to do in this mixed-up world?
If not to work or, if not to toil.
Somewhere, somehow, your life sucks,
If you can’t find a way to make a few bucks.

Money is evil, but we all love it,
If you had enough, you can tell the boss to: “shove it!”
It solves your problems, then creates more,
Neighbors wanting some, knocking at your door.

If you want to be happy and live a long life,
Keep your pockets empty, never take a wife.
Safety in numbers, it’s better this way,
One - night stands and golf the next day.

Note: In a bad mood today.


Scheme X AABB CCXX XXDD EEFF GGHH H
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010010 11100101111 11100111 011101011 0111100111 0101001101 01010110 010101101 1101111 111101111 111111111 11111 11110111011 1011011111 1110111101111 111101011 1010110111 111111001011 11101010101 1001011011 11101011 1001101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 867
Words 173
Sentences 10
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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