Analysis of R.I.P.



Why strive to live, when we live we die
We wake up everyday, with a will to survive
We fall asleep every night, hoping to arise
But yet we live knowing any second we may die.
Its hard to understand the meaning of life
Its impossible to know what happens when we die
So uncertainty is life, and questions are death
So we question the after life, uncertain of our last breath
We can't be afraid of this fact of life
But we must be aware that its a fact of life
So live life to the fullest, with no regrets
Be all you can be, before your last rest
Don't think about death,
Cause you are living this life
Let your soul rest in God's hands
When you close your eyes...


Scheme ABCADAEEDDFGEDHC
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111 111101101101 1101100110101 1111101010111 1110101011 1010011110111 101001101011 1110010101011011 1110111111 111101110111 11110101101 1111101111 11011 1111011 1111011 11111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 647
Words 132
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 516
Words per stanza (avg) 132
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 13, 2023

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