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 |
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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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Submitted on January 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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