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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