Analysis of if i should die today

xilas 2002 (kampala)



If I should die today
Let me die a young man's death
with less regrets of my life
With many rights otherthan wrongs
It would be lovely and a free death

I wish so much for my mum's absence
For she doesn't deserve to see today
Hope not to create trauma to my lovies
Leave them satisfied with my time with them
with happy faces and good for memories of my time with them
And not to weep for I did die today


Scheme ABXCB XACDDA
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 1110111 1101111 110111 111100011 111111110 1110011101 1110110111 111011111 1101001110011111 0111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 404
Words 84
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 6
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Written on August 24, 2022

Submitted by xilas on August 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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