Analysis of Scared Of Death/Scared to Death
Michael Ball 1958 (United States)
Scared of dyin'?Sayin' No, I'd be lyin'
In a lousy world with a
whole lot of nothin'
The little bit O' good
hangin' out...as long as ya' could
ya' slow down with
aches and pains galore
but the 60's are way to early
So everyday, Ya' ask for more
The days that come
the days that we get
and like the swells off the ocean
ya' ask "is that the last wave of the set"?
Surfin' as a metaphor for life
Barreled!...deep in a moving cave
will always shove the blues aside
and keep that one foot out of the grave
| Scheme | AXABB XCXC XDAD XEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 0010110 11110 010111 111111 1111 10101 10111110 11011111 0111 01111 01011010 1111011101 11010011 100101 1110101 011111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 507 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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