Analysis of Taking A Break For A While

Adam Roy Carrigan 1985 (Winnipeg, MB)



I do so much
But to others', they say "Here you go, more work. Enjoy."
I thought I was a minimum wage junky
But apparently, I am a slave


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1110111111101 11110100110 101001101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 147
Words 33
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

Some times, you just have to sit and take a quick 15 minute break for yourself.

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Submitted by adamroycarrigan on October 18, 2023

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Adam Roy Carrigan

I write poetry and it is often terrible. The poetry I wrote previously was so terrible I decided to take a ten year break. However, it seems the decade I decided to do everything but write poetry has seemingly increased my ability to write half-decent poetry. Life is weird. more…

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