Analysis of Go Down Easy

Sheri Miller 1948 (South Carolina)



Go Down Easy

I want to go down easy
Quick without fanfare
Now you see me, now
you don’t remember me

Burn my soul-less body
In a hell-fire-hot oven
Gather my ashes. Put them
in a pepper shaker.


Scheme A AXXA AXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 1111110 1011 11111 110101 111110 00110110 1011011 001010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 40
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 49
Words per stanza (avg) 13

About this poem

The desire to die a delectable death

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Written on June 16, 2022

Submitted on June 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sheri Miller

Born a Capricorn. As a child, the written word provided me respite from abusive parents. I’m in love with the emotionally-powerful impact of language…the words we use and those we don’t. more…

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