Analysis of 40somethings
I'm totter,
on teeter-
a
UP,
Somedays Somedays
DOWN,
Soaking
in
self-
evaluation
deep,
down,
profound…
Am I all I can be? Can I be more? Am I enough? Should I be more?
I'm already mid-way.
MID-WAY! OH NO!
My heart misses a summersault and crashes into a fence,
My brain frantically over talks,
I've no defense!
No
longer
soaking
but
drowning…
Have I done everything I should have, anything I could have?
I'm I truely all that I seem? What's left? What goals? What dreams?
I'm on
a i can't
teeter- Totter and get
OFF!
I Hang
On
For
Dear
Life,
Too Terrified,
To
let myself
just
F
A
L
L.
Scheme | aaB xcD ExfxxDx gxhccc haExe xc ixxx xigxxxxf xxBJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110 110 0 1 11 1 10 0 1 0010 1 1 01 111111111111011111 101011 1111 1110010100101 111000101 1101 1 10 10 1 10 1111011110111 1111111111111 11 011 101001 1 11 1 1 1 1 110 1 11 1 1 0 1 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 2,233 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 7, 6, 5, 2, 4, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on March 09, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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