Analysis of Bliss, Ambivalence, and Procrastination
Bliss is a goal, a state of homeostasis.
No worries or qualms, on a regular basis.
Harmonious delight amid endless enjoyment
Emotional involvement sans cerebral employment
Ambivalence, who cares about that?
Not me, my friends, not even the cat.
I don't have a position. My feelings aren't mixed.
Emotionally speaking, my passion's been nixed.
Procrastination, are you ready for this?
Should be dealt with tomorrow if the feeling persists.
Let's spend today in amidst shilly-shallies.
And reserve tomorrow for precise dillydallies.
If I had a goal, an objective in life,
It would be, without things, money, or strife.
The three major highways to my destination
Are...bliss, ambivalence, and procrastination.
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXAA EEXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 111010110010 110111010010 0100010110010 01000101100010 010011011 111111001 1110010110101 0100101111 0010111011 111101101001 110100111 001011011 11101101001 1110111011 0110111010 10100000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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