Analysis of To turn my life around



I tried to get from you
Some things you could not do
I took it personally
Said you rejected me
The truth is, my ideals
Were not at all for real
And now I will respect your need
Though it obliges me
I will put down my personal crown
To turn my life around


Scheme AABBCDEBFG
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Metre 111111 111111 1111000 110101 011101 011111 01110111 110101 111111001 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 245
Words 54
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 200
Words per stanza (avg) 54
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Desiree Brooks

I am a nurse and a mother of three grown children. I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager. I love expressing myself on paper. I am a pastor's wife. We pastor a small church in Media, Pa. We are presently debating with a group of people on U-Tube who say that the world will end on May 21, 2011. Our U-Tube channel is, pastorBillandDesi more…

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