Analysis of A Simple Ball



A simple ball
It was my birthday today
And I got a basketball,
I was so upset, that was all.

I wanted something big,
Something cool and something tall,
Because a basketball wouldn't do the job at all.

Why can’t I get more,
Something expensive, unique, different and excessive.

But that’s all I got,
1 basketball, anyone can get it,
It costs nothing at all.

But I used it everyday,
Played with all,
My friends and my family,
And even my dog.

On this years birthday,
I got something tall, something unique,
Something different and excessive and all,
But it laid there, sitting on the shelf stuck to my wall.

I realized that the basketball holds all my memories,
My exceptional times, and moves, and defences.
Who knew a basketball was so much,
That it was more, and more than enough.

Now I go into my birthday,
Wanting nothing at all,
Because whatever I have,
Means everything, everything at all.

I get a hug from my parents,
and we play with the same ball,
That I had once gotten,
And haven’t forgotten at all.

Something so small, cheap, and common,
Could have such a big impact in my life,
I realized that that basketball,
Was worth it, it was worth the price.

It made me happy,
And made me remember,
That a simple ball,
Can have worth, which I wouldn’t forget at all.


Scheme ABAA XAA XX XXA BACX BXAA DDXX BAXA XAEA EXAX CXAA
Poetic Form Etheree  (23%)
Metre 0101 111101 011010 11101111 110101 1010101 010101010111 11111 10010011000010 11111 1010111 111011 1111101 111 1101100 01011 1111 111011001 10100001001 1111101011111 1101010111100 1010010101 11010111 111101101 1110111 101011 011011 1101011 11011110 0111011 111110 0101011 10111010 1110101011 1101110 11111101 11110 011010 10101 1111110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,237
Words 233
Sentences 12
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted by AakanshaSingh08 on May 07, 2021

Modified on April 17, 2023

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