Analysis of Working day

philip lacey 1956 (United Kingdom)



Wake up in the morning just as its getting light
I’m still yawning looking such a sight
The alarm clock starts ringing birds outside are singing
I’m just wondering what the day will bring

It’s a working day a working day
Got to motivate myself or I won’t get any pay
It’s a working day today

Time check on the radio tells me that it’s time to go
Arrive at the station just in time to catch my train
Problems further down the line prevent me from getting there on time
But the boss at work he’ll say I am to blame

It’s a working day a working day
Got to motivate myself or I won’t get any pay
It’s a working day today

I wish I was far from here on a beach drinking beer
I wish I was on holiday instead of working here today

My shift is over I’m heading for my home
But the boss is waiting he starts to moan
He says that I’ll get no pay it’s my fault I’m late today
Well you can shove your job where the sun don’t shine

It’s a working day a working day
Got to motivate myself or I won’t get any pay
It’s a working day today


Scheme aabb CCC xxxx CCC xc xxcx CCC
Poetic Form
Metre 110010111101 111010101 0011110111110 1110010111 101010101 111011111101 1010101 1110101111111 0110101011111 1010101011110111 10111111111 101010101 111011111101 1010101 1111111101101 111111001110101 11110110111 1011101111 11111111111101 11111110111 101010101 111011111101 1010101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,039
Words 211
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted by musopa on May 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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