Analysis of The pessimist (found in my late mothers stuff)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
THIS CRAZY, DISAPPOINTING WORLD
KEEPS GETTING IN MY HAIR :
IMAGINE! GROPING ALL THESE YEARS
FOR JOYS THAT JUST AIN'T THERE !
DISAPPOINTMENTS, RIGHT AND LEFT,
IN FOLKS, EVENTS, AND SUCH --
LIFE RUNS SMOOTHLY FOR AWHILE,
THEN PRESTO ! I'M IN DUTCH !
LIFE MOCKS MY EVERY DREAM AND SAYS,
"I WON'T BE KIND-I WON'T"
YOU'D THINK THAT I'D HAVE SENSE ENOUGH
TO LAUGH AT HER-- BUT I DON'T.
I CHOOSE TO BE A PESSIMIST,
AN UNAMBITIOUS RUNT:
LIFE HATES ME - DAILY KNOCKS ME DOWN,
AND THERE I STAY - AND GRUNT !
AUTHOR UNKNOWN !
| Scheme | ABXB XCXC XDXD XAXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100101 110011 01010111 111111 0010101 010101 1110101 11101 111100101 111111 11111101 1110111 11110100 111 11110111 011101 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 511 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on November 13, 2018
Modified on May 03, 2023
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