Analysis of Cradled to the Grave.



When I was old
and you were young,
just with our eyes
real love was lain.

When you are old
and I am dead,
when only mem’ries -
fleeting remain;

will you remember,
with a rose-tinted lament
what we wanted,
what we promised,
what it cost,
what we spent.?


Scheme AXBC AXBC XDXXXD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 0101 11101 1111 1111 0111 1101 1001 11010 1011001 1110 1110 111 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 256
Words 59
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted by Sleekwood on May 05, 2024

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