Analysis of Forever in Limbo



They say the grass is greener
But little do they know
How true it is to never find
The gold under the rainbow.

You grow up wanting marriage
A house and a bunch of kids
And when you finally get it,
Your marriage hits the skids.

Again, you find you're single
And plan to have some fun
'Til one night you realize
You're lonely with no one.

No matter where you are in life
You want some other place
One day you want it all
The next you want your space.

You shouldn't give the other side
Even a single glance.
Just be thankful for what you have
And give your life a chance.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101110 110111 11111101 011001 1111010 0100111 01110011 110101 0111110 011111 111110 110111 11011101 111101 111111 011111 11010101 100101 11101111 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 549
Words 114
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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