Analysis of As Death Approaches
He sits at his keyboard as death from a fallen lung
approaches, White Rabbit.
No apologies would wash for what has been alleged, he
has done, White Rabbit.
No succor, no help will be given him, White Rabbit.
no solid evidence no proof of his supposed
perfidy exists or ever will. White Rabbit.
He gives no confession of that which he never did,
will gladly embrace the death that comes,
White Rabbit.
No hand will touch him as he walks that last mile alone,
White Rabbit.
He loves his country still though it executes him by
medical attention withheld.
His solemn oath to protect His country from enemies
foreign and domestic, remains still
unblemished, White Rabbit.
For he fought the corporations both foreign and
domestic that hold this country in their thrall
White Rabbit.
He issues no clarion call to revolt for his experience
has shown this futile, White Rabbit.
Mon ami adieu. White Rabbit.
Scheme | abcbbdbefBgBhijkblmBnbb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111110101 010110 10100111111011 11110 1101111101110 110100111101 100011101110 1110101111101 110010111 110 1111111111101 110 111101111011 10001001 11011011101100 100010011 010110 11100101100 01011110011 110 11011001101110100 11110110 11001110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,170 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 720 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 156 |
About this poem
Written from the true heart
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Written on October 24, 2022
Submitted by FrederickBarbarossa2022 on October 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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