Analysis of Grave Epitaph
Blowing in the Wind —
A corpus turned to ashes…
Life is vaporous!
| Scheme | ABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 10001 0101110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 69 |
| Words | 13 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
Life Encapsulated: Like bees at early morning, pursuing their nectar, converted at afternoon to deliciously sweet honey, fermented mead savored; and silent at sunset, not now ever buzzing, life is like a honeycomb that is built to be consumed.
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Written on December 23, 2021
Submitted by karlcfolkes on December 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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