Analysis of Humility in Success
Success can be a lovely thing,
if you make it your servant;
and not your own master.
So make it serve you,
by your humility;
not you serve it,
by your pride.
Scheme | ABCDEFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 1111110 011110 11111 110100 1111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 157 |
Words | 38 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Pride in our success makes us all become servants of it. Humility in our success elevates us to become masters of the service we provide others.
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Written on October 19, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on October 19, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on October 19, 2023
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