Analysis of I’m So Lucky



I’m so lucky
To be here
Alive!
Cherish this moment
Sipping this drink
Gulping a bite
Eyes eat up action
Whispering noises
Breeze against my cheek
Rejoice
Smile as taste buds are jubilant
Anxious to share
This very moment
With you
With friend, twice celebrated
My mind stuffed
Filled with pleasure
Appetite just right
Tease for more
This is the innocent void
Simple thought
Heartbeat of freedom
Of now –
Is what I see, I feel, no pain?
Oh yes, life’s price
No thought of whining
At peace – few complaints
Flashes of love, the sensual
To gently touch you, stroke you
Hold you – ravish you
Here – now
With curtain drawn
Yes, facial muscles completely relaxed
In silence – I am so lucky
So rapt – I want all to stand still
In a picture frame of happiness
Inhale the spirit of this moment
Euphoric, physical, self-satisfied
Until someone suddenly interrupts:
Angrily, quizzically “Did you know?
There is a bloody war out there?”


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJDKDLMNOFPQRSTUVWXYLLTZ1 A2 3 D4 5 6 K
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 111 01 10110 1011 1001 11110 10010 10111 01 11111100 1011 11010 11 111100 111 1110 1011 111 1101001 101 1110 11 11111111 1111 11110 11101 10110100 1101111 1111 11 1101 1101001001 01011110 11111111 001011100 010101110 010100110 01110001 1001111 11010111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 943
Words 170
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 41
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 733
Words per stanza (avg) 165
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Submitted by arthurweil on December 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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