Analysis of Twenty-One (21)




Twenty-one
time of developmental purgatory done,
full, legal adult,
can do anything I want,
go to clubs, party, have sex, smoke,
buy cars, go to casinos, go on planes, fly coach,
in college, working hard for a piece of paper,
trying to get one before it becomes worthless,
at the rate the economy's declining,
I lie awake at night wondering,
when I graduate, will I find a job, find success?
or be stuck in poverty, drowned in debt?
If I do find a job in my field, will I succeed?
Will I make enough money to achieve the American Dream?
that's advertised on billboards, magazines, and TV,
that they say is so easy to get?
or will I be stuck working  hard for nothing until death,
supporting lazy-*ss degenerates on welfare and food stamps?
Will I ever find my knight in shining armor?
or a jackass in tin-foil, cheap cologne, “swag” and weak stridor?
with the rising rates of divorce,
is marriage really the right choice?
with the rising cost of living, healthcare,
and childcare,
terrible education system, fashion, and negative role models,
this world may be too dangerous,
to bring a child into,
technology's advancing,
value of the American dollar declining,
ethics and morals being thrown completely away,
people doing whatever,
saying YOLO, throwing their hands in the air,
 “You only live once”, have fun, be reckless forever,
In all the years I've walked and lived on this ball of soil and water called Earth,
is this the generation of “people” of which I must share residence with?
If so, the part of living called “life” will not be easy


Scheme AABCDEFGHHIJKLMJNOFFPQRRSGTHHUFRFVWM
Poetic Form
Metre 101 1100101001 11001 111011 11110111 111101011111 010101101110 101110110110 10100100010 110111100 1110011101101 1110100101 1111010111101 1110110101001001 1101110011 111111011 11111101110011 010101010011011 111011101010 1010111011011 10101101 11010011 101011101 01 10001010100100110 11111100 110101 0100010 1010010010010 1001010101001 101010 1011011001 1101111110010 010111011111101011 110010110111111001 11011101111110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,528
Words 271
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 36
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,202
Words per stanza (avg) 272
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Submitted on July 03, 2014

Modified on April 23, 2023

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