Analysis of If only I knew how to stop dying
Vasile Serban 1978 (Onesti)
If I knew not to die in life,
For I have died so many times,
I would turn to stardust,
To be forever immortal.
I would turn into darkness
Not to see my shadow anymore,
And let my eyes be the moon
What lights up the heavy night.
I would change into pure water
To flow downhill from the spring,
To kiss the sea at dawn
And then to rise to the clouds.
I would become a grain of sand,
For the wind to carry me away,
And finally eternity
To turn me back into a human.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 11111101 11111 11010010 1110110 1111101 0111101 1110101 11101110 1111101 110111 0111101 11010111 101110101 01000100 111101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 465 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This poem is a reflective poem written by Vasile Serban. Is a captivating poem about transformation and eternal cycles.
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