Analysis of breathtaking

Markus Kiener 1960 (Regensdorf)



I can jump from a bridge
chuck myself under a train
I can cross a busy highway
shoot in my brain
I can drive into a lorry
drown myself in a lake
I can choke myself with a bag
face a mamba snake
I can wait for an avalanche
freeze to death in a deep-freeze
just let me die in dignity
before I suffer from an incurable disease

I can swim in the arctic water
cut my artery open wide
I can steer a car into a tree
walk into the desert without a guide
I can join the crocodiles
take a bath with a hair drier
I can blow myself up with dynamite
strangle myself with a wire
I can put my fingers to the voltage
stumble in a tight squeeze
just let me die in dignity
before I suffer from an incurable disease

I can throw myself into an abyss
fill me up with heroine
I can sail a boat into a cyclone
a shredder can do me in
I can drift with the current
put a knife into my heart
I can starve myself to death
disembowel myself right from the start
I can hang up myself
set myself on fire in a breeze
just let me die in dignity
before I suffer from an incurable disease

now let me swallow the barbiturate
and let me feel at ease
it’s all I want for the last exit
it’s all I need to cease
I'm ready die
ready to pass away
oh, what’s worth a try
when I'm all used up for the world today


Scheme xabacdxdxeCE fgcgxfxfxeCE xxxxxhxhxeCE xexxibib
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 111001 1110101 1011 11101010 11001 1111101 10101 1111110 1110011 11110100 0111011010001 111001010 11100101 111010101 1010100101 111010 10110110 11111110 1011010 1111101010 100011 11110100 0111011010001 111101101 1111100 1110101001 0101110 1111010 1010111 111111 111101 11111 11110001 11110100 0111011010001 1111000100 011111 111110110 111111 1101 101101 10101 1111110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,278
Words 270
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 12, 12, 12, 8
Lines Amount 44
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 249
Words per stanza (avg) 67
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Written on May 10, 2007

Submitted by Kimi on November 24, 2021

Modified by Kimi on December 30, 2023

1:21 min read
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