Analysis of Of Life With Death
Death, though busy, takes time to chat
Shakes hands with guests, staff
Waltzes with the heirs, kings
Clasps hands with friends, allies
Steals a kiss from us all eventually
Yet our gentle brushes against their cloak
Remembered most in our blinks of life
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111 11111 101011 111110 10111101000 11010100111 0101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 252 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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In life we meet death, though casually
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