Analysis of The Game Of Life



As a child I used to love playing the game of Life
It was pure clean fun without all the strife
Rolling the dice and moving through different places
Sometimes moving forward 2 and then getting setback 4 spaces
While my opponents seemed to be moving ahead  
Getting all the good things while my spirit filled with dread that I wasn't going to finish first
You know as a child was the worst
The similarities of that game are symbolic you know
For there is always something in life that will test your flow
If only it was as easy as it was then to become wealthy and own a big house and a nice car
Dreaming is where the true victories are
For I would much rather have my riches in Heaven above
And not let things of this world get in the way of God's love.


Scheme AABBCDDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111100111 1111101101 1001010110010 0110100110110 110101111001 10101111101111110101101 11101101 00100111101011 1111100111111 11011110111110110010110011 1011011001 111110111001001 01111111001111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 758
Words 151
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 601
Words per stanza (avg) 148
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Written on October 10, 2022

Submitted by rutht.27223 on October 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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