Analysis of A Life For Today



Take it easy upon your self,
as each second,minute and
hours go by.
Enjoy your life,I hear,
forget what is passed,
don't worry,don't cry.
Lift up your spirits,
lift up your heart,
let all sorrow,troubles and
burden go.
Throw them away in the
rubbish cart.
Do this today,
for you and you alone.
Do not impress,
or overdress.
There is no need.
Live for today,as the only way
and to take heed.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11100111 1110 1011 01111 01111 111 11110 1111 1110 101 110100 101 1101 110101 1101 110 1111 1110101 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 372
Words 77
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 297
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted by victor_j on January 23, 2012

Modified on April 05, 2023

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Victor Gatenby

My name is Victor John Gatenby, born in 1958 and native of North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. I am a researcher of genealogy and started to write poetry in 2002, after retiring from public service. Having a creative and compassionate mind, for helping people, that is in my scope to do, I find that by writing poetry, not only expresses my life thoughts, but I feel, gives meaning and inspiration to others. Whether it be fictional or based on fact, the poetry I write will always be read differently and have a differing meaning from one person to the next. My aim is to give a pleasure to the reader without the poetry being too complex or deep, so as not to be understood or enjoyed. Much of my poetry is based upon life events and perceptions. I find that works well and I can draw upon my own experiences, to put into poetry, a literary art form.Those that read my poetry, I hope gain something from it and enjoy reading the same. At the same time, I am committed to contributing to Poetry.com and it's community, by reading the work of other's and appropriately recording constructive criticism and rating work, without prejudice. I expect my work to be critiqued also with respect and common sense. I have a zero tolerant attitude towards any inappropriate work, words, remarks etc.V J Gatenby (Author) more…

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