Hope of Life
Leo Ingram 1951
Stop, Listen, by our sides
I hear the sound of a brothers cry
He was saying, what a world
What a life, what a place to be
Is it true, will it stop
Or is it meant for me
I have love and also fun
In many different ways
But then I think of meaningless things
That slave me day by day
But then I say so very strong
The hope of life will carry me on
Oh don't get me wrong,
I'm not weak, I can cope
It's just at times I lose that hope
Hope of life, it's turns me off
Turns me around the hope that
Lifts me up when I'm down
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Written on February 01, 1974
Submitted by director_2 on November 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 521 |
Words | 121 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 3 |
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