Analysis of Separate Lives



We each pursued our appetites. We each pursued our goals.
We each pursued our travel jaunts.
Now we're on separate poles.
We each pursued our overtures. We each pursued our plans.
We each pursued our focal tasks.
Now we're on separate stands.
We each pursued our calendars. We each pursued our starts.
We each pursued our daily chores.
Now we're on separate charts.
We each pursued our happiness. We each pursued our glees.
We each pursued our party flings.
Now we're on separate sprees.
We each pursued our exercise. We each pursued our sports.
We each pursued our playful games.
Now we're on separate courts.
We each pursued our company. We each pursued our friends.
We each pursued our order ranks.
Now we're on separate bends.


Scheme ABACDEFGFAHIJKJLML
Poetic Form
Metre 110110101101101 110110101 111101 110110101101101 110110101 111101 1101101001101101 110110101 111101 1101101001101101 110110101 111101 110110101101101 110110101 111101 1101101001101101 110110101 111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 713
Words 126
Sentences 24
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 575
Words per stanza (avg) 126
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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