Analysis of Living Half-Dead
Life is too cruel for me
But death is too nice for me,
So I guess I’m living half-dead.
Life is too sad for me
But death is too good for me,
So I guess I’m living half-dead.
Life is too difficult for me
But death is too easy for me,
So I guess I’m living half-dead.
Life is too hard for me to go on
But death is too soft for me,
So I guess I’m living half-dead.
Life is too weak for me to hang on
But death is too strong for me to escape from,
So I guess I’m stuck living half-dead.
| Scheme | aaBaaBaaBcaBcdb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111011 1111111 11111011 111111 1111111 11111011 11110011 11111011 11111011 111111111 1111111 11111011 111111111 11111111011 111111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 492 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 358 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Font size:
5 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Living Half-Dead" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/123557/living-half-dead>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Gracie Miller poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In