Analysis of The Best Me I can be
Jeffrey Hopkins 1959 (Bay Shore, NY)
The Best Me I Can Be
To be the best me, that you’ll ever see,
Could take a full lifetime of trying.
But to get there today, when folks will say “Hey,
Have you seen what this mortal is buying?”
He’s purchasing patients, it’s sprinkled with drive,
He desires to be mighty humble.
He strives to admire, to dream and inspire,
And knows it’s OK if he fumbles.
When he dreams he can know,
He can certainly go,
To a place where his dreams can shine through.
I can do it you see, by believing in “me”,
As I see this belief coming true.
| Scheme | A AB XB XX XX CCD AD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111 1101111101 11011110 11110111111 1111110110 11001011011 1010111010 1110111001 011111110 111111 111001 101111111 111111101001 111101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 549 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
This poem is all about being the best type of person we are capable of being.
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Written on October 13, 2021
Submitted by luckejeff on March 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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