Analysis of Between A Career And A Path



Falling into a job
casual dress up, as a slob
can't dress up, I'm feeling cheap
new suits I don't want to keep
but I need to buy food, so I can eat
I buy lunch, but it's your treat
when job turns to career
the boss holds fire up to your rear
this ties choking my neck
this is a problem and it's a wreck
the career path isn't that bad
I make lots of money but still I'm sad,
don't be that way young lad
you'll retire one day and be glad
between now and those days
It's the career, not the job that pays
here's 500 business cards, as a praise
don't let anyone tell you it's a phase
a corner office outlook window gaze
from the mailroom up, it's a maze


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFFFGGGGGG
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 100101 10011101 1111101 1111111 1111111111 1111111 111101 011101111 111011 110100101 00111011 1111101111 111111 10111011 011011 100110111 1101101 111011101 010101101 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 649
Words 135
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 493
Words per stanza (avg) 135

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Submitted by Soul-to-song on June 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Brian Oliveri

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