Analysis of at my funeral
at my funeral,
my obituary is etched into my body
tales of my life transcribed on my skin
at my funeral,
i am being read Miranda rights by my casket
i have the right to remain silent, but i don’t
at my funeral,
the priest is praying but it is not for me
it is too late to get a ticket, and the train moves on
at my funeral,
I watch from the back pew, eating popcorn
the kernels pass through my soul, but that’s okay
at my funeral,
my family speaks, but I tune them out
I watch the old woman knitting in the corner
at my funeral,
the body is on display but no one looks
the dress they put me in is white, I look so young
at my funeral,
they leave, but my mother stays behind to cry
she was always supposed to go first, not me
at my funeral,
it is not mine. this celebration of my life is false
I am being detained for the crime of existing
at my funeral,
I dig my own hole. Ghostly fingers pulling up the earth
I put the casket in the ground, I carry it’s full weight
at my funeral,
I talk to the body one last time before I leave
and it whispers of forgiveness, of apologies
at my funeral,
I hold hands with another, and we laugh harmoniously
Sinning never felt as good as it did on holy ground
at my funeral,
I did not become an angel. I did not become holy.
It was my awakening. I began to live again.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100 101001101110 111101111 11100 1110101011110 110110110111 11100 01110111111 11111101000111 11100 111011101 0101111111 11100 1100111111 110110100010 11100 01011011111 011110111111 11100 11111010111 1110111111 11100 1111101011111 1110011011010 11100 11111101010101 11010001110111 11100 1110101110111 0110101010100 11100 111101001101000 10101111111101 11100 111011101110110 11101001011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,336 |
Words | 305 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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