Analysis of Here Today



Still breathing,
Still alive.
This fight is hard
But I will survive.
Life is tough
And my heart is frail,
But in this lifelong battle
I promise I won't ever fail.
Let it be done,
As said of God's will,
And I'm so tired but he loves me still.


Scheme ABCBDEFEGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 110 101 1111 11101 111 01111 1011110 11011101 1111 11111 0111011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 242
Words 56
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on March 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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