Analysis of Last Payment Remiss
When should you get ready
to die…
When you’re old,
and the signs are in letters so big?
When should you get ready
to die…
When you’re young,
with it’s messages trapped in the wind?
When should you get ready
to die…
When it’s winter,
and the cold bellows loudly with fear?
When should you get ready
to die…
When it’s summer,
love teasing, its distraction so near?
When should you get ready
to die…
When your life has been bartered,
the present dismissed?
When should you get ready
to die…
When your soul has been mortgaged
—last payment remiss?
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
| Scheme | AB xx AB xx AB cd AB cd AB xx AB xx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (44%) |
| Metre | 111110 11 111 001101011 111110 11 111 111001001 111110 11 1110 001101011 111110 11 1110 110101011 111110 11 1111110 01001 111110 11 1111110 11001 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 584 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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