Analysis of The Reason Why I'm Still Breathing
When I was three years old I had
Some Spinal Meningitis; bad.
It hurt a lot. I sometimes cried,
And doctors said I almost died.
When I was six, I rode until
The brakes failed while upon a hill.
An intersection approached me fast;
I swerved left so my life would last!
In Air Force "blues", I tried to cross
The highway where I almost lost
My life if not for helpful Chad,
Who pulled me back. I was SO glad!
In several years an accident
Created more than just a dent
When someone crashed my car and it
Was dead while Iife for me remained!
In each event my God was there
And helped me with His tender care,
Preventing death so I could write
That God can save while out of sight!
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXAA XXXX EEFF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 1100101 11011011 0101111 11111101 01110101 10100111 11111111 01111111 011111 11111101 11111111 01011100 01011101 1111101 11111101 01011111 01111101 01011111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
"Flirting with death"
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Written on December 22, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on December 22, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on December 22, 2023
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