Analysis of It Isn't Death That Kills You



It isn't crime that cores you
It's the causality
It isn't time that bores you
It's the banality

It isn't trade that galls you
It's the venality
It isn't aid that stalls you
It's the ideality

It isn't place that draws you
It's the reality
It isn't space that awes you
It's the extrality

It isn't smart that stuns you
It's the mentality
It isn't part that runs you
It's the totality

It isn't clash that cleaves you
It's the duality
It isn't bash that peeves you
It's the brutality

It isn't breath that thrills you
It's the vitality
It isn't death that kills you.
It's the finality.


Scheme ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101111 10100 1101111 100100 1101111 100100 1101111 101 1101111 1010 1101111 101 1101111 100100 1101111 100100 1101111 100100 1101111 100100 1101111 100100 1101111 100100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 556
Words 108
Sentences 2
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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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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