Analysis of The Last Walk

Douglas H. Mc Clintock 1934 (Sarnia, Ontario)



There comes a time in everybody's life
When you are closer to the end of your journey !
You know in your heart, you won't come out alive
Because you are nearer to the gates of pearly !

The Bible says our life is like a vapor,
Has it been about me and nobody else ?
A few lines in the obituaries in the newspaper,
Will that sums it up, nevertheless ?

A life well lived, should be for others,
What have you done with all your money ?
We should be generous to each other,
The more you give, will not make you a phoney.!

The best things in life are free,
Enjoying ones company with a friendly Hello !
Friends are like gold, would you not agree ?
Blood is thicker than water, it is so  .told.

Youth is fleeting, the real test is when you are old,
Your body will crumble and then what ?
A keen mind will not be outsold.
A giving life, body mind and soul !

It's not what you have in life that counts,
Your possessions will never make the difference,
Health is wealth, nothing can buy it, to be blunt,
Let God  be your mentor, He will carry you through !


Scheme XAXA BXBX XABA AXAC CXCX XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 110101001 111101011110 11011111101 011110101110 010110111010 111011011 0110001000010 11111001 011111110 111111110 1111001110 01111111010 0110111 0101100101001 111111101 11101101111 111001111111 110110011 01111101 010110101 111110111 101011010100 11110111111 11111111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,055
Words 228
Sentences 15
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 35

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Life's End Times

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Written on November 21, 2021

Submitted by Dougla$Irishman on November 21, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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