Analysis of I Try
Belinda Richmond 1979 (Chicago)
I Try to become a Good Example,
I Try to Live my Life as Simple,
I Try to be a very Dear Friend,
I Try to Succeed but I barely Win.
I Try to Deal with the Ups and Downs,
I Try to have more Smiles then Frowns,
I Try to not be Angry and Mad,
I Try to be more Happy and Glad.
I Try my Best to be Encouraged,
I Try my Best to not be Discouraged,
I Try to Deal with Sorrow and Pain,
I Try to be prepared when they come Again!
I Try to Deal with Tribulations,
I Try to deal with the World today,
I Try to deal with a lot of Confusion,
I try to Believe there’s a Better Way!
I Try to Maintain a Positive Mind,
I Try to be more Pleasant and Kind,
I try to Laugh when I really want to Cry,
I Try to be Truthful rather then to Lie!
I Try to be Beautiful Inside then Out,
Because Beauty is skin deep and that is no Doubt!
I Try to be Joyful then to Hate,
I Try not to be impatient but Learn to Wait!
I Try to be Courageous when I begin to Fear,
I Try to draw Strength when the going gets Tough,
I TRY Because I refuse to give In,
I Try to be Strong when the times are Rough!
My Trying is just not Good Enough!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101010 111111110 111101011 1110111101 111110101 11111111 111111001 111111001 111111010 1111111010 111111001 11110111101 11111010 111110101 11111011010 1110110101 1110101001 111111001 11111110111 11111010111 11111000111 011011101111 111110111 111110101111 1111010110111 11111101011 1101101110 1111110111 110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,122 |
Words | 280 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on May 24, 2022
Submitted by belindar.65825 on May 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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