Analysis of Play Your Song Proudly




If you're reading to find a truth, wipe your eyes from the sleep
Sit up straighter, remove the tension from your spine
Open the curtain and let the sunlight hit your eyes, focus
Listen to your heartbeat, strong and steady,
This is your song with you since birth, beats thrumming
A dance of joy for your mother, smile of pride for your father
It tells of the difference you find in this world of time
Passing to the beat of you, your unique rhythm
Some will know when you leave, for we all must leave
That you were a miracle, magical beyond understanding
Some will think of you with love, for the song you sang
Spells of passion play, none other can perform
Gods of your making will cry for their lose, your belief
As you move to the next stage Playing your song.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIEEJKE
Poetic Form
Metre 11101101111101 111001010111 10010010111110 101111010 1111111111 011111101111110 11101001101111 101011110110 11111111111 110010010001010 111111110111 11101110101 1111011111101 11110111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 749
Words 144
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 604
Words per stanza (avg) 144
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Submitted on February 10, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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