Analysis of Deaths greatest wish
Death, the bringer of havoc,
the collector of the lost
and the Mosiah to those who are deteriorating
Death comes, takes the innocent, and leaves those who evade him
He must be malevolent, right?
is he a mere messenger, that does G-d’s dirty work?
what if death is a slave, the same as you and I
forced into doing G-ds will
death has lived eternities doing the labor he despises
Stealing souls from the innocent, leaving the rest waiting in peril
Death is tired of his routine
The constant stink of remorse trailing behind his every move
What if death's greatest wish is to die?
Scheme | XXX XX XAX XX XX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110 0010101 001111101000 11101000111011 11101001 11011001111101 111101011101 10110111 1111100101010 10110100100110010 11101101 0101101100111001 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
This poem shows how poetry has the power to personify the concept of death.
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Written on May 18, 2022
Submitted by shevichalmers on May 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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