Analysis of How Fortunate We Are
Life is all over, whether we realize it or not
Searching for food at virtually every lot
Whether its raining, snowing, humid or hot
All of them seeking their most favorable spot
Swimming, flying, grazing, and stalking
Foraging, hiding, and silently talking
All of them surviving this trek of time
Which could abruptly cease at the drop of a dime
But they persevere through adversity’s ordeal,
While all that is around them probes its next meal
And as far as we can see, life is sparse and rare
As we monitor and probe it for a glimpse or a stare
Although here at home, life is varied and diverse
Through selfish intrusion, we’re its greatest curse
Ignorant of how truly fortunate we are,
Of this abundance of life, from our local star
Scheme | AA AA BB CC DD EE FF GG |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111010110111 1011110001001 10110101011 111101110001 101010010 10010010010 1110101111 110101101101 110011101 11110111111 011111111101 11100011101101 11111110001 11001001101 100111010011 1101011110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 745 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
This poem is attempting to describe how fortunate we are to have a hugh abundance of life on an amazingly beautiful planet. We spend enormous amounts of time and energy trying to search for life and acknowledge aliens, but less time appreciating and valuing the variety of life we have on this planet.
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