Analysis of Life’s final Question
/15/2020
Life’s final Question
As the clock strikes twelve
upon my fate, I dwell
is it Heaven or Hell!
This night so dreary
yet to it, I cling so dearly
eyes dim, yet I see clearly.
The silence of the night
broken by an owl’s flight
my words, upon the paper I write.
As I wait God’s shining light!
| Scheme | XX XAABBB CCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 11010 10111 011111 111011 11110 11111110 1111110 010101 101111 110101011 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 308 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Facing the end we reflect the final Judgement
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