Analysis of When the Bell Tools For You!
Evans E Bradley 1949 (Washington, DC)
Today someone I knew quietly slipped away,
He left here before I could get in a word to say,
I remember the good times, we had some time ago,
Except for my memories of it, no one else will know,
There are so many things in life we all want to do,
But when you get older, it’s harder to follow through,
You see others Younger & Older checking out each day,
It makes you realize you need to get off your ass and play,
I am not the youngster that I once was sometime before,
But I still have life in me and maybe something more,
I would hate to leave with regret in my heart and soul,
I need to put my life in perspective before the ending cold,
No one knows when the bells will toll their way,
Only hope & Pray you have a chance to have a little say!
[Inspired by the passing of “Mr. Joe Brookens, R.I.P.]
Scheme | AABBCCAADDEFAAG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111100101 1110111100111 1010011111101 01111001111111 1111010111111 1111101101101 1110101010111 11110111111101 1110101111101 1111101010101 1111110101101 1111110010010101 1111011111 10111101110101 01010101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 801 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 619 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 163 |
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