Analysis of The Cost Of Nothingness
Mister D. Teach 1988 (Manila)
On a moonless night
In the deep abyss
The stars offered him eternal sleep
"Will it hurt?", he asked
The river cold runs unending
It beckoned him for a kiss
Staring at his own reflection
He sees no worth in that person
So, come, come now and take it
Take the cold river's offer without a doubt
The clear skies pushed her dark clouds away,
but there was no sunshine, no warmth, no comfort
It was rather an invitation
An extending hand, cold yet dry
He reached for it to grab on, he heard whispers to let it go
A promise made, to be broken not
At the end of it all is a rope in a knot
Suspended with it was the last breath
The light fades as he gracefully danced with Death
On a moonless night
In the deep abyss
The stars whispered,
"No, not for you - but for everyone who loved you."
Scheme | ABxx xbccxx xxcxx ddee ABxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 00101 011010101 11111 01011010 1101101 10111010 11110110 1111011 10110100101 011101101 1111111110 11101010 10101111 111111111101111 010111101 101111101001 010111011 01111100111 1011 00101 0110 11111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 824 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
The author's self-reflection on taking his own life.
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Written on October 02, 2022
Submitted by dennytomas on October 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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