Analysis of Burden of Life
Darkness falls upon me
With the burden of responsibility hanging off my sleeve
Mathematicians would run at the sight of these problems
But it’s my job to solve them
Life is a math problem without an equation
The only way to solve it is through process of elimination
Sometimes with silent tears and no consolation
And no way around the difficult situations
Life changing decisions will be made
A high price for mistakes will be paid
But life goes on or so they say
But they never said that the pain goes away
The happy moments are many but very short lived
Funny how you easily remember the bad times but for the good you need a sieve
I’ve been told live every moment as if it was your last
And to leave disappointments in your past
You are responsible for everything you do
So make wise choices, decisions, and be accountable too
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101011 101010010010111 0010111011110 1111111 110110011010 010111111110010 01110101010 011010100010 110010111 011101111 11111111 11101101101 0101011011011 101110001001111011101 111110010111111 0110010011 11010011011 111100100101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 817 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 674 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 153 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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