Analysis of Grief



Grief is a personal matter.
It abounds around and about
Who or what is beyond or no more.
It is conscience "come alive" to
Either make a "fool of oneself"
Or make others a "bunch of fools"
For not feeling it...somehow.
It has life
Because it breathes
To its own rhythm. Always, it is--
In the heart that
When one dies, it lives in another.
For those who do not have one,
It is only a matter of time,
Or place, or reason beyond a doubt.


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Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Metre 11010010 10101001 111101111 11101011 1010111 11100111 11101 111 0111 11110111 0011 111110010 1111111 111001011 111100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 421
Words 87
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 328
Words per stanza (avg) 86
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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