Analysis of My Mortality




I wonder if I'm the only one
who smells the fetidness
of dead daylilies,
carrion that lies concealed
off the beaten path.
Could it be my preoccupation with death lately?
Reviewing my will, perusing my prepaid
funeral expenses and life insurance,
that have acutely enhanced
my sense of smell for the morbidities
of death.
It's not a pleasant state of mind
to live with and act unconcerned
concerning the inevitable conqueror worm.


Scheme ABBCDEFBGBHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 110110101 1101 111 1001101 10101 111100101110 01011010101 10001001010 1101001 1111101 11 11010111 1110101 0100010001001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 416
Words 72
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 349
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted on September 26, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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