Analysis of One Life.
A time for reflection;
A time to move on.
The old year has finished,
A near year's begun.
A fresh page has opened,
The slate is wiped clean.
Your future is waiting;
Build on what's been.
Take a leap forward,
Head for new heights.
Life is for living,
You have but one life.
| Scheme | A X X A X X B X X X B X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011010 01111 011110 01101 011110 01111 110110 1111 10110 1111 11110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 283 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 17 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
About this poem
A poem to celebrate the start of a new year and to remind us to live life to the full because we only get, "One Life."
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