Analysis of What is Happiness?
What is Happiness?
There is something special deep inside us all.
The search to find what is can appear to be an endless hall.
We live each day as if tomorrow is all that counts,
never stopping to just take a look around.
It's not about money; it's not about fame.
The little thoughts inside of you are the structure for this game.
Character is built from learning about yourself
and why you're here in this world;
to learn, to give, to help.
Everyone is different, yet we're all just the same.
We all feel moments of pleasure, and also those of pain.
Everything happens for a reason;
in this belief confide.
You will be the wiser for it.
Take your time in stride.
If you stop and take the time to think
about what makes you tick,
you will realize that the fog that clouds your heart
isn't quite so thick.
We all have it in us.
It's a gift from above.
Love is happiness.
Happiness is love.
Scheme | ABB XX CC XXX CX XDXD XEXE AFAF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100 11101010111 011111101111101 111111011111 10101110101 11011011011 010101111010111 100111100101 0111011 111111 101100111101 11110110010111 10101010 010101 11101011 11101 111010111 011111 11101011111 10111 111101 101101 11100 10011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 902 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
This poem attempts to break down what truly makes us happy
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Written on August 07, 1999
Submitted by ecorbridge22 on June 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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