Analysis of On My Death Bed

Ronald Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)



Spring time,
Evening shadows
Where the working nights
Slumber before the waking dew.
Not the dew I shot
From the bartender hot,
But the waking broth
Of the milked cow
Upon my lips now to I rot.
Somber drips,
Not receiving what I once sowed
For a drought of crops
With no fruit sold,
But reaping what was
Not mine to forever hold,
But of that of the grim reaper
For flesh is but a shadow
Of things to come steeper.
So I pray like a nun
And seek the joy
That has yet to come undone.
To the everlasting I sow.
Don't doubt Jesus the Son,
Ponder what the grim reaper can't take,
Living light in the Son.
Live life for God's sake,
For God is awake with every dawn
And sees every lawn.
On my death bed I sow and am gone.


Scheme ABCDEEFGEHIJKLKMNMOPOGOQOQRRR
Poetic Form
Metre 11 101 10101 10010101 10111 10101 10101 1011 01111111 101 10101111 10111 1111 11011 1110101 11110110 111101 111110 111101 0101 1111101 1001011 111001 101011011 101001 11111 1110111001 011001 111111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 685
Words 144
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 29
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 551
Words per stanza (avg) 144
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Submitted by RonaldBunch on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ronald Bunch

Ronald Bunch is a dedicated and passionate writer with a deep love for the art of poetry, science fiction, and fantasy. He’s committed to his Catholic faith and his work. Ronald's interests span a wide range, including writing, reading, social media, weight lifting, and riding an exercise bike. He’s on a journey to become a published author. He's writing a new book, he will seek an agent and traditional publication for it. He did volunteer work at Kids Food Basket, and Habitat for Humanity. He loves pizza and cats. His upbringing in Catholic schools and his birthplace in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, in 1982, have also shaped who he is today. more…

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