Analysis of KEEP THINGS HUMMING
Debbie Middaugh AKA TURBO1904 1963 (San Diego, CA.)
When you're at your
Lowest of lows.
We all know how
The story goes.
Down on your luck,
Can't catch a break.
No matter what,
Can't get a fair shake.
Depression eats away,
At the sane mind.
Physical dexterity,
On the decline.
The mind full of dark
Thoughts and things.
Can't even fly with
These broken wings.
I sit and ponder, what
Will become of me.
Held captive by
The powers that be.
Sixty years old and
All alone.
I rented a room,
Don't have a home.
Never expected to be
Old and solo.
Even the LONE Ranger
Had Tonto.
Yet, here I am solo
And lonely.
All alone a one
Trick pony.
I did not see old
Age coming.
Life just keeps,
Things humming.
Scheme | XAXA XBCB XXDX XEXE CDXD XXXX DFXC FDXD XGXG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 1111 1011 1111 0101 1111 1101 1101 11011 010101 1011 1000100 1001 01111 101 11011 1101 110101 10111 1101 01011 10110 101 11001 1101 1001011 101 100110 11 11111 010 10101 11 11111 110 111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
The ups and downs of this life.
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Written on September 04, 2022
Submitted by Turbo1904 on September 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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