Analysis of What If I Fall Down at Your Feet
Josef Kruppenbacher 1982 (Minnesota)
I climb, and climb, and climb,
Only to reach so high,
And as the turmoil reaches my mind,
Inward I think I die.
Only to breath in but question life,
And I wonder if it is right,
Feeling so alone on the inside,
I smile...and I survive.
Now I'm pondering if I'm weak,
Questioning all that I believe,
Knowing one day I might be free,
What if I fall down at your feet?
So here goes one more day,
Why should I even pray?
If I did, what would I say,
'Cause I know nothing but delay.
So, now that it's so brief,
Fleeting moments of relief,
The reckoning works its way towards me,
I just wanna fall down at your feet.
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXBC DDDD EEBC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 110101 101111 01011011 101111 101101101 01101111 101011001 11101 11100111 10011101 10111111 11111111 111111 111101 1111111 11110101 111111 1010101 0100111011 111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 614 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
A poem about my nephew's mental state when he came to visit me.
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Written on July 17, 2022
Submitted by wandertillhecomes on July 17, 2022
Modified by wandertillhecomes on July 17, 2022
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