Analysis of He Died Today
My best friend died today
taking abnegation from longevity
taking somber measures from solemnity;
taking definitions from root gravity;
taking fragments from me to eternity.
My best friend was noble, benevolently kind;
a charitable man
of philanthropic mind.
My best friend was loyal to family and friend;
faithfully allegiant
until the bitter end.
My best friend was poignant with sensitivity;
passionately intense
in creativity.
My best friend died today
making a vacancy taste like hell's portion;
making reality sound like distortion;
making morbidity look like contortion;
making finality feel like extortion.
Scheme | AbbbbcdceaebfbAgggg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 10110100 10101010100 1001011100 10101110100 11111011 010001 10101 111110110001 1001 010101 11111010100 100001 00100 111101 10010011110 101011010 10010011010 10010011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 596 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 509 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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