Analysis of Change



The world seems to be so small
I feel like I'm caught in a ball
Not bigger than an egg of a gull
I wish I could fly, live is so dull
I dreamed that things had changed,
But nobody and nothing was arranged
It is all the same
And nobody is to blame
But me!


Scheme AABBCCDDE
Poetic Form Nonet (33%)
Metre 0111111 11111001 110111101 111111111 111111 11010101 11101 01111 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 245
Words 56
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 194
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 22, 2023

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Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander

I was born in Germany in 1960. I lived in Germany, Finland, and California and have visited many European countries. I currently live in Germany, but I would like to return to the US. I started writing poems in California inspired by the beautiful nature. I have a master degree in forestry and North American Studies. I write scientific books about nature and environmental history, but also short stories and poems. more…

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