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.
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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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