Analysis of And now he knows
Jason Marriner 1980 (Pensacola)
Here lies this man
This tortured soul
Taken by Death's hand
Buried in this ground, deep and cold
The casket closed
And now he knows
No more air, no more light
Only suffering for him tonight
No more time to get things right
No chance of peace for him in sight
He lived, he fought, for what he thought was right
He clutched, he held on tight
To the idea, all in love was right
He spent his life, his last breath
Eluding Death
He was a fool, now it shows
He was a tool
And now he knows
No more air, no more light
Only suffering for him tonight
No more time to get things right
No chance of peace for him in sight
Now only grass grows
On his final resting place
Buried down below
Where only roaches, worms and maggots taste
Where only the river of wasted life flows
And now he knows.
Scheme | xxxxx ABBBB bbbccax ABBBB axxxa A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1101 10111 10011101 0101 0111 111111 101001101 1111111 11111101 1111111111 111111 1001010111 1111111 0101 1101111 1101 0111 111111 101001101 1111111 11111101 11011 1110101 10101 1101010101 11001011011 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 790 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 7, 5, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
A little of my Metallica-istic side
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Written on July 11, 2022
Submitted by Daleisnmyhardt3 on July 11, 2022
Modified by Daleisnmyhardt3 on July 11, 2022
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