Analysis of The End



Your mom had been so kind to me.
I didn't even say goodbye.
Happy Easter, thanks for dinner.
Feel better. See you soon, I lied.

She winced and moaned, we drove away.
You bad blind son, ignored her pain.
I saw the shroud that covered her,
As that black mass spread through brain.

Your golden ring by contrast had,
Your empty eyes and cold grey heart.
I couldn't stand that you weren't mad,
And that difference drove us apart.

Your mother had called me daughter,
But I would never be your wife.
The selfish fear that rose in me-
You'd care so little for my life.


Scheme AXBX XCBC DEDE BFAF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 11111111 1101011 10101110 11011111 11011101 11110101 11011100 1111111 11011101 11010111 110111101 011001101 11011110 11110111 01011101 11110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 545
Words 106
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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