Analysis of Last Words Unwritten
Writing the final chapter…
the bells in the tower ring for me
Once for each phrase unwritten
twice for each grievance atoned
“Schoolchildren rise
pulling back the covers on the flowering meadow
Singing my words
blessing the fields as they run
“Memory half gone
released into the cradle of times rebirth
Taking what I gave
and leaving what I could not forgive
“The reasons, the seasons
melding together, flashing lost images
Redeeming their promise
christening new moments forever endowed
“Yesterday and tomorrow
I am free of their deception
My last words to stay hidden
—in the laughter of a child”
(The New Room: June, 2022)
| Scheme | XXAB XBXA XXXX XXXB XAAB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010 010010111 1111010 111101 101 101010101001 1011 1001111 10011 01010101101 10111 010111101 010010 10010101100 010110 10011001001 10001 11111010 1111110 0010101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 658 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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