Analysis of Afterwards
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?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHGIDBJKDLDKM |
|---|---|
| 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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