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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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