Analysis of Many Say You're Dead



You don't answer email. You don't note it said.
You're so inattentive many say you're dead.

You don't make an effort. You don't make a bed.
You're so cataleptic many say you're dead.

You don't talk to Mary. You don't talk to Fred.
You're so indifferent many say you're dead.

You don't defeat worry. You don't defeat dread.
You're so dispirited many say you're dead.

You don't give a morsel. You don't give a shred.
You're so inefficient many say you're dead.

You don't eat the dinner. You don't eat the bread.
You're so apathetic many say you're dead.

You don't think of others. You don't think ahead.
You're so insensitive many say you're dead.

You don't see a green light. You don't see a red.
You're so preoccupied many say you're dead.


Scheme AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11100111111 1101010111 11111011101 11110111 11111011111 1101010111 11011011011 11010010111 11101011101 11001010111 11101011101 1101010111 11111011101 11010010111 11101111101 1101010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 724
Words 133
Sentences 24
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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