Analysis of To Live or To Die

Maridel C. Salon 1982 (Cagayan de Oro)



                  To Live or To Die

Life is a struggle they say,
Full of worries and all the sway,
It may not end in the summer May,
But for sure it doesn't happen day by day.

Let life be and follow the flow,
Constant change may not instantly grow,
Little things may come and go,
For another day is to throw another show.

This sadness may be weakening you,
But to overthink doesn't end the flow,
Live, love, and enjoy the space,
As we breathe, hope and happiness awaits.

Stand tall and fight to survive,
Have courage to face the life,
For living is an innermost desire,
And quitting is an outrageous conspire.


Scheme X AAAA BBBB XBXX XXCC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1101011 11100101 111100101 11111010111 11101001 101111001 1011101 101011110101 110111001 11110101 1100101 1111010001 1101101 1101101 1101110010 01011010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 614
Words 131
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Written on July 21, 2022

Submitted by mari28die on August 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maridel C. Salon

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