Analysis of Growing Up
Robert Catron 1963 (Kansas)
They say growing up is very hard to do,
Most of us don't know where to start or if we'll ever be thru.
We start out as children learning all that we can,
In hopes that someday we'll grow up as a mature woman or mature man.
We all start out with the basics and each take it from there,
Praying for patience thru the hard times with each prayer.
We're all going to make mistakes that's all part of God's plan,
By thinking positive - keeping your hopes up - and doing the best we can.
As long as we learn from our mistakes the hardest part is done,
So growing up really and truly can be a lot of fun.
As long as we try our hardest - there's no way we can fail,
Just put your hearts and minds into it - and you'll always prevail.
Scheme | AABBCCBBDDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101110111 111111111111011 111110101111 01111111001101011 11111010011111 101101011111 11101101111111 110100101110100111 1111111001010111 110110010110111 111111010111111 11110101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 725 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 553 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 149 |
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A page from my life.
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