Analysis of Good enough...

JOMAMA 1987 (NEW MEXICO)



"THE WAY TO BE HAPPY IS TO BE GOOD"

WHAT IF YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
WHAT IS GOOD ENOUGH?
CAN YOU FIND "ENOUGH GOOD" IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH
ONE OF A KIND FEELINGS, EXPERIENCES, AND THOUGHTS?
IS "TOO GOOD" SOMETHING THAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT?
IF YOU FIND IT, WILL YOU KNOW "BAD"?

WHO DETERMINES HOW GOOD YOU HAVE TO BE TO BE ENOUGH?
ARE YOU GOOD ENOUGH IF EVERYONE ELSE IS HAPPY? WHEN THEY ARE CONTENT?

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN EVERYONE IS HAPPY AND CONTENT?
WHEN DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE LOVE YOU HAVE LIVED YOUR ENTIRE
LIFE TRYING TO OBTAIN? WOULD YOU JUST BE HAPPY, FEEL LOVED, AND KNOW YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH?

IS GOOD ENOUGH THE FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HELPED SOMEONE?
IS IT TAKING CARE OF SOMEONE AND MAKING THEM FEEL LOVED?
IS IT WHEN YOU SEE YOU PUT SOMEONES ANXIETY AT EASE IN A TENSE SITUATION?
IS IT SEEING SMILES ON THE FACES OF THE ONES YOU LOVE BECAUSE YOU MADE THEM LAUGH?
IS THE WARMTH OF A LOVING HUG AND A SOFT KISS GOOD ENOUGH?
IS THE MOMENT YOUR EYES MEET ACROSS A ROOM AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE OTHER IS THINKING GOOD ENOUGH?
IS THAT KIND OF CONNECTION GOOD ENOUGH?

CAN I BE GOOD ENOUGH IF I THINK ABOUT MYSELF? WOULD THAT BE "BAD"?
WOULD I BE SELFISH FOR THINKING ABOUT MY NEEDS? .... BEFORE YOURS?
AM I GOOD WHEN I REALIZE I DONT KNOW ME, HOW CAN ANYONE?
AM I ENOUGH? DOES ANYONE WANT TO KNOW ME?

WILL I EVER BE "GOOD ENOUGH" FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO ME?
WILL I EVER BE "GOOD ENOUGH" FOR YOU TO PROVIDE WHAT I AM DESPERATELY LONGING FOR?

I WANT TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO MATTER TO YOU
I WANT SOMEONE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME...
I WOULD PUT THEM AT EASE. MAKE THEM SMILE.
THEY WOULD FEEL MY LOVE WHEN I HUG THEM AND WE WOULD BE HAPPILY CONNECTED.

IF "THE WAY TO BE HAPPY IS TO BE GOOD"...
I GUESS I WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH.


Scheme A BBXXXC BD DXB EXEXBBB CXEF FX XFXX AB
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101111 11111101 11101 1110110101001 1101100100001 11110111111 11111111 10101111111101 11101110111011110 1111110110010 1111111011011111010 110101111110110111101 110101011111111 1110111010111 11111111010011001010 11101101010111011111 101101010011101 101011101010111010110101 1111010101 1111011110111111 111101100111011 111111011111110 11011101111 111011011111011 11101101111011111000101 111110111011 111110011010111 111111111 1111111110111100010 10111101111 111110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,826
Words 364
Sentences 34
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 2, 3, 7, 4, 2, 4, 2
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 156
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on March 21, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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