Analysis of Life As A Teacher



Pain is a blessing,
wounds are weapons.
They both teach a lesson,
Ones that can be built upon.

When you fall, rise again
and don't let it weigh you down.
You are only defeated if you remain,
but a winner if you fail to drown.


Scheme XXXX XAXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 11010 1110 111010 1111101 111101 0111111 11100101101 101011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 227
Words 52
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

A piece to lift up the souls of those that are going through tough times.

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Written on March 31, 2023

Submitted by iamfemiwhite on April 01, 2023

Modified on April 04, 2023

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