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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