Analysis of Epitaph
If I should die without goodbye,
This, I would like the world to know,
That all my hopes, and all my dreams
Were all accomplished. Do not cry.
I did not hope for fame or wealth,
They would not have given me joy,
But now in death, you see me here
I lived a life of rare good health.
Poet and nurse of ailing soul,
Remember me for what I gave,
The rare ability to share
Whatever I had was my goal.
So even as I lay in death,
An undiscovered poet, poor.
I left this world for all to see,
And know my life was not bereft.
Barbara A Cadogan © 2012
Scheme | AXXA BXXB CXXC XXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 11110111 11110111 01010111 11111111 11111011 11011111 11011111 10011101 01011111 01010011 1011111 11011101 1010101 11111111 01111101 1000001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on March 18, 2015
Modified on March 12, 2023
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