Analysis of Dear life



Dear life,
I received your last message
Pretense said I should say hi;
Pretense and me have now become like twins
That you can't tell us apart anymore
Pessimism sends his regards to his cousin optimism,
He says he still sees nothing good in you;
Negative negative all the way.

Dear life,
Happiness left me a few months ago,
And went after greener pastures
Sadness now occupies the space he left behind
It doesn't pay rent, but I let it stay because I feel
Comfortable in Sadness' embrace

Dear life,
How is death?
I know you guys don't see eye to eye though;
Am writing this letter in reply to the one you sent me.

Dear life
To be sincere, you've inflicted deep wounds in my soul
And am scarred and bruised inside
Though this happened years ago
The wounds feel fresh like they were inflicted yesterday

Dear life,
I am very angry at "Time"
You said time heals all wounds
But time has refused to heal mine
Time has refused to wait for me,
What exactly did I do to it?

Life,
There are times I want to be your enemy and befriend death,
Although darkness and mourning surrounds death,
He gives peace to his friends... He helps them permanently forget their problems
Death makes people heal completely

Life, what if you give me a second chance?
Life, what if I start all over?
Would you make my living worthwhile?


Scheme Axxxxxxb Acxxxx Adce Axxcb Axxxex addxe xxx
Poetic Form
Metre 11 1011110 0111111 0101110111 111110101 10011011110100 1111110101 100100101 11 1001101101 01101010 10110011101 11011111110111 100001001 11 111 1111111111 110110001101111 11 1101101011011 0110101 1110101 011111001010 11 11101011 111111 11101111 11011111 101011111 1 111111111000011 110010011 111111111100001110 11101010 1111110101 11111110 11111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,312
Words 266
Sentences 8
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 4, 5, 6, 5, 3
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

This poem is a letter to life.

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Submitted by anitanyerovwo on October 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:21 min read
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