Analysis of The Good Die Young
It seems to often good people die at a young age.
People who knew them are filled with sorrow and rage.
We wonder how God could take them
from us in their prime.
Maybe God needs their help to
watch over the world.
God gives everyone a chance
to earn their heavenly place.
Those that die young have
succeeded in earning their place.
He makes them guardian angels
to watch over us.
Others he let’s live ‘til another day
when they have grown old and gray.
He gives them time to mend their ways,
He gives them a chance to
earn their way into grace.
Scheme | AAXXBX XCXC XXDDXBC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011011011 101111111001 11011111 11011 1011111 11001 111001 1111001 11111 01001011 11110010 11101 1011110101 1111101 11111111 111011 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 7 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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