Analysis of Indirect Lessons
Throughout my life I have known strife
And did the best I could.
I never knew just what to do
Or if such things were good.
My teenage years had many fears.
I thought that I was shy.
Psychology helped me to see
The truth that will not die.
I learned three thing that often brings
The past to me once more.
A love for reading, not misleading
From the things I've loved before.
My parents gave that love I crave
As well as music too.
I also got what was not sought,
Self-loathing as I grew!
Scheme | XABA XCXC XDXD XBXB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01111111 010111 11011111 111101 1111101 111111 01001111 011111 11111101 011111 011101010 1011101 11011111 111101 11011111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on July 27, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 27, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 27, 2023
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