Analysis of Afterwards

Joseph Ellis 1980 (Greenwich)



Would they cry when I pass ?
I think they would if not at first
then at the last.
But just a single tear and only
those that held me dear.
The slightest little moment
far more than they can bear.
They'll see all that I have wasted
all the potential that was there.
With all their little stories
there memories of me
they'll speak of disapointment
all the things I should have seen.
But if I lived my life
as true as I could be!
If I leave behind people
better off for knowing me!
 how bad could life
  have truly been?


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Poetic Form
Metre 111111 11111111 1101 110101010 11111 0101010 111111 11111110 10010111 1111010 110011 1111 1011111 111111 111111 1110110 1011101 1111 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 524
Words 114
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 402
Words per stanza (avg) 103

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Written on December 31, 2012

Submitted by josephssselis on May 07, 2023

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