Analysis of An Unfinished Life
My body
Weathered like a vain on an old roof top
Rotting like wormwood
Burrowed deep
Layer upon layer
My cruel invader
Cloaked in mystery
It incubates
Master of disguise it propagates
As I slowly deteriorate
My thoughts
Turnt and twisted
Passive, aggressive
The highs, the lows
Denial acceptance, and so it go's
My heart
It aches, my hands cold
The sun shines bright, the leaves are now gold
I will not see the new buds on the trees
Winter will be the end of me
My story
What will it be?
Self-pity, why is this happening me?
I begin to question everything
I am fading into a memory
My Death
It’s a whisper away
I feel it’s icy breath
What I would give for one more day
The agony of an unfinished life
| Scheme | AXXXB BACCX CXXCC XDDCA AAAXA EFEFX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (27%) |
| Metre | 110 1010111111 1011 11 100110 110010 10100 11 1010111 11100100 11 1010 10010 0101 0100100111 11 11111 011101111 1111011101 10110111 110 1111 1101111001 10111010 1110010100 11 101001 111101 11111111 0100110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 711 |
| Words | 143 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
This poem is about life, and impending death.
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Written on October 28, 2022
Submitted by lisacampbell29 on October 28, 2022
Modified on April 27, 2023
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