The secret of surviving a blow



Just lay back
deep breathe
understand
accept
The world will be same
as it is. But I can choose
to change myself.

The secret of surviving a blow is to tell yourself,
"I will work upon myself."

About this poem

This simple and short poem is about dealing with tough situations, setbacks and shocks in our life.

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Written on October 14, 2019

Submitted by ojasi369 on September 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXXA AA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 195
Words 44
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 2

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