Analysis of Amongst the Dirt I'll Drink the Sun.
Sober-hearted, Love-departed
Tonight's the night I die.
As willowed depths reach out for breath
I crouch to give them mine
A harrowed place alight with death
I smile to know it's time.
I've tried to learn these lesson's lost
And reach for greater “warmth”
I've bled for every pain, my cost
For expecting ever more.
And nevermore my breath will come
Reminding me I'm me,
Amongst the dirt I'll drink the sun
And flowers I'll soon be.
They'll breathe the air without a care,
Their host of ample soil
A life I think is rather fair,
The last gift of my toil.
| Scheme | XX AXAX XXXX XBXB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 010111 1111111 111111 0110111 111111 1111111 011101 111100111 1010101 0101111 010111 01011101 010111 11010101 111101 01111101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 540 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on March 26, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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