Analysis of Suicide
Alice Walker 1944 (Eatonton)
First, suicide notes should be
(not long) but written
second,
all suicide notes
should be signed
in blood
by hand
and to the point—
that point being, perhaps,
that there is none.
Thirdly, if it is the thought
of rest that
fascinates
laziness should be admitted
in the clearest terms.
Then, all things done
ask those outraged
consider their happiest
summer
& tell if the days it
adds up to
is one.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIBJKLFMBNOPQRB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 11110 10 1101 111 01 11 0101 111001 1111 1011101 111 10 10011010 00101 1111 111 0101100 10 11011 111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 402 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 314 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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