Analysis of When I Digress



I do digress and make a mess
Of plans that I have made.
Procrastination and stagnation
Are creeds that need to fade.

You'd think I'd yearn and try to learn
To do my best each day.
But old-time fears of bygone years
Will still get in my way.

With faith I've found I can rebound
To finish what I start.
And faith will show how far to go;
God's love inside my heart!


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010101 111111 00100010 111111 11110111 111111 1111111 111011 11111101 110111 01111111 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 365
Words 81
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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Procrastination

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Written on August 16, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 16, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 16, 2023

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