Analysis of Before The Last Goodbye
If you knew you had six months before your last goodbye,
are there dreams yet unfulfilled still in your mind's eye?
Would you'd like to tango dance across the forest floor?
Risk the chance of consequence found in romantic lore.
Would you'd like to bungee-jump off an uppermost ledge?
Risk the chance of consequence living right on the edge.
Would you'd like to take the stage acting out buried hope?
Risk the chance of consequence within life's horoscope.
Would you'd like to skinny dip under dim, moody skies?
Risk the chance of consequence bewildered in surprise.
Would you'd like to cruise the sea into some foreign port?
Risk the chance of consequence despite your last resort.
Would you'd like to feel true love both given and received?
Risk the chance of consequence until you have achieved.
If you knew you had six months before your last goodbye,
are there dreams yet unfulfilled you still want to try?
Scheme | Aa bb cc dd ee ff gg Aa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101111 11110110111 1111101010101 1011100100101 111110111101 1011100101101 1111101101101 101110001110 1111101101101 1011100010001 1111101011101 1011100011101 1111111110001 1011100011101 111111101111 11110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 895 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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