Analysis of Life (My Attempt At A Sonnet)
Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)
Life (My Attempt At A Sonnet)
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Today I stare up at the midday sun
And I'm thinking, I have felt so much pain
I begin to think of those days again
And all of the times when we had such fun
Youth can be such a fickle thing to one
Then there's those who forget what is to gain
Though as the sun rises we think of rain
But as the sun sets all our days are done
When I was much younger I felt so bold
As I felt night's breath upon my bare neck
I remember those days we felt the heat
It's a shame when the night makes one feel old
Yet everyone has days when they're a wreck
I long to walk along in my bare feet
Edwin Tanguma
6/ 7/2010
Scheme | X ABXAABBACDECDE XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011010 1 011111011 0110111111 1011111101 0110111111 1111010111 1111011111 1101101111 11011110111 1111101111 1111101111 1010111101 1011011111 110111101 1111010111 10010 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
About this poem
Reminiscing...Where has the time gone???
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Written on June 07, 2010
Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on January 28, 2024
Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on January 28, 2024
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