Analysis of Celebrate Now



I want to carve myself into the book of immortality
My epitaph: "Live, love and learn."
Join my dance with my soul in rhythmic splendor
Erase the agony of loneliness, hopelessness
Celebrate my life, now, in the moment
I may topple from the pinnacle of success
Thrashing into the gloom of utter despair
Only to rise again to celebrate
But what if I never reach these lofty heights?
What if I stay as "everyman" doing my thing
Work, love, rejoice in the chorus for the world
Almost gratified with what I have and have not
Simply a teacher, a businessman, a family man
Following a daily routine
Still a slave to the system in which I live
Dangling at the cliff, barely holding on
Best now to let go, fall into the icy water below
Swim in the torturous stream of humanity
Then quickly dry
They say an angel saved me
I can barely appreciate the magnificence of the scenery about
Just want to return home to warmth and comfort
Someone filmed my fall, scattered it on the Internet
Live in the flick, in time set
Who wants immortality anyhow, after it's over?


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQARASTUUC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111010110100 1101101 11111101010 0101001100100 101110010 111010100101 10010111001 101101110 11111011101 111111001011 11010010101 1101111011 1001001001001 10001001 10110100111 10010110101 111111010101001 10010110100 1101 1111011 1110010011010001 11101111010 11111011010 1001011 1101001010110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,075
Words 199
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 855
Words per stanza (avg) 193
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Submitted by arthurweil on December 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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