Analysis of What Is Life
Marian J. Ruley 1952 (North Carolina)
What is Life/
Is it something you wear
Is it something you do
Is it you growing from a child to adulthood
Is it about how many people you know or meet in life
What is Life?
Is it things you accumulate
Is it about what you have accomplished
Could it be a choice
Is it written in a book
What is Life?
Maybe it’s something you sit on
Or something you eat
Is it peace, joy and happiness
Or is it sadness
What is Life?
Is it right or wrong
Good or evil
Something I see
Is it now or later
I know what it is
Life is a special gift God has given to each of us
Solely to fulfill his purpose here on earth
This is called life
Scheme | Axxxa Axxxx Axxbb Axxxx xbxa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 111011 111011 11110101101 110111010111101 111 1111010 1101111010 11101 1110001 111 10110111 11011 11110100 11110 111 11111 1110 1011 111110 11111 11010111101111 100101110111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 623 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
I wrote thins poem because I always wonder about life.
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