Analysis of Life, Death, Nothing Less
We sit here together,
I wish it won't end.
For the letter I wrote,
I wish I could send.
For you gave me compassion,
a heart I decree.
A small broken boy,
was finally set free.
Maybe I was lost,
and you showed my the way.
You gave me the love,
I needed to stay.
I give you this rose,
so wherever you go,
you'll find all the love,
that you already know.
that was buried inside,
and you let it out.
Without any tears,
or even a shout.
But your now near friends,
I'm not what you need.
But I always was there,
so you wouldn't bleed.
Maybe it hurts,
but I guess that's my life.
To live through the pain,
and act with no strife.
But now I must go,
so you'll join all your friends.
I just hope that you know,
I was there to the end.
I'm afraid I must go now,
with ache as I wave.
To the words on your stone,
to the words on your grave.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCDC XEDE XFXF GHXH XIXI EGEA XJXJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (89%) |
Metre | 111010 11111 101011 11111 1111010 01101 01101 110011 10111 011101 11101 11011 11111 101011 11101 110101 111001 01111 01101 11001 11111 11111 11111 11101 1011 111111 11101 01111 11111 111111 111111 111101 1011111 11111 101111 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 794 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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