Analysis of Glory Days
Callum O’Brien 1999 (Gloucestershire)
I've constantly been told that these are the glory days.
Well if these are my glory days, why don’t I feel as though I've got anything to celebrate.
Why do I feel as though the world is moving and yet I'm stagnant.
My hope is shattered. When something remotely good happens, sooner or later I'm reminded nothing will come of it, the cracks beneath my feet — My hope in fragments.
How can I celebrate the ones I love — their lives and accomplishments.
Some days it seems all I've achieved is another day done.
When will I feel as though I've won;
When will I love like she's the one.
One day I'll forget the way I feel today.
One day I'll feel as though I'm winning and I will, I’ll win.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100111110101 111111011111111110110 1111110111001110 1111011001011010110101010111101011111010 1111001111100100 11111101101011 11111111 11111101 11101011101 11111111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 53 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
This poem is written from the perspective of what it can feel like to just kind of exist in your mid twenties. Everyone else seems the have it together but you.
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