Analysis of To Live On
To live on in the memory
of those you've served
Is wealth,
beyond your means
To live on in the hearts
of those you've loved
Is a legacy to
dream
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100100 1111 11 0111 111001 1111 101001 1 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 182 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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