Analysis of TO DIE WITHIN
To die within,
Yet still remain alive,
Is a fate worse than death.
To die without
Ever knowing true love,
Is never living at all.
To die in poverty
Is nobody's dreams,
Yet so many do.
To die alone
Is crime enough, and yet
Living alone is worse.
To live a lie
Is so unfulfilling,
Truth is the answer.
To die within
Seems to be your fate now,
All hope is gone.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | Axx xxx xxx xxx xxx Axx xxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 110101 101111 1101 101011 1101011 110100 111 11101 1101 110101 100111 1101 111 11010 1101 111111 1111 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
About this poem
An angst poem from the late 1970s.
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Written on 1979
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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