Analysis of Today I Will Choose
Today I will choose to smile
and breathe in sunny air.
Joyfulness will shape my style and wash away all care.
Today I will choose to serve
and bake someone a cake.
Helpfulness will brace my verve and wash away heartache.
Today I will choose to part
and show mercy at large.
Forgiveness will stir my heart and wash away moot charge.
Today I will choose to love
and lift one spirit high.
Thoughtfulness will aid my dove and wash away faint sigh.
Today I will choose to yield
and give others a chance.
Selflessness will form my field and wash away askance.
Today I will choose to roll
and make each moment count.
Thankfulness will fill my soul and wash away loss mount.
| Scheme | ABBCDDEFFGHHIJJKLL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111111 010101 11111010111 0111111 01101 1111101011 0111111 011011 0101111010111 0111111 011101 1001111010111 0111111 011001 1001111010101 0111111 011101 11111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 649 |
| Words | 124 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 531 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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