Analysis of Life



My parents say that I will live only once

I don’t believe that’s true

As I become a different person as I grow

Depending on what I go through

From the day that I arrived on earth

I grow, develop and change

So how can I remain as one

When nothing stays the same?

Everything changes day by day

I have different emotions everyday

Some people are enchanted with babies

Seeing magic in all that they do

Of course, we also all lived as a baby

But that’s no longer you.

Yesterday’s you has gone away

But do not cry for the past you.

For you’re all you can be today;

They're just the person you were yesterday.


Scheme X A X A X X X X B B X A X A B A B B
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111101 110111 1101010010111 01011111 101110111 1101001 11110111 110101 1010111 11100010101 1101010110 101001111 11110111010 111101 1011101 11111011 11111101 110101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 598
Words 118
Sentences 4
Stanzas 18
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 26
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted on March 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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