Analysis of Gladly Seen, Has it Been?
We can't keep reaching for the sun.
Even skyscrapers high up in the air
are no more than a sign we all run
to an end. And if we don't care
for anything but harsh money making -
keep climbing no matter what cost -
one day our hearts will start aching
and pleasure in small things is lost.
Birth! Graduation! Rings! All of that
packaged in fake, costly celebrations.
Expecting the most, we can't be glad
with just the warmth of true relations.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11110101 101011001 111101111 11101111 110111010 11011011 111011110 01001111 10101111 100110010 010011111 110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 430 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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