Analysis of What's Life without Dignity?



Nothing can make up for the hurt you get
When you're humiliated or in debt.
It certainly stirs a sour feeling of bitterness and regret
When realizing that trusting people is never a safe bet.
But the solution is not being indignant or upset.

Don't let people injure your vanity.
Or accept their deceit and abuse with alacrity.
What's life without dignity?
It's just a poor, useless soil
That crops nothing however hard you toil.

Don't let despair overwhelm your soul
And lead you to strange impressions.
Your spirit yearns for freedom not control.
So there is no need for concessions.
Just keep dignity as your lifelong goal.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 611
Words 108
Sentences 11
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 167
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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