Analysis of Before The Last Goodbye (Your personal bucket list)
If you knew you had six months before your last goodbye,
are there dreams yet unfulfilled
still in your mental eye?
Would you like to tango dance across the forest floor?
Risk the chance of consequence
found in romantic lore.
Would you like to bungee-jump off an uppermost ledge?
Risk the chance of consequence
living right on the edge.
Would you like to take the stage acting out buried hope?
Risk the chance of consequence
within life's horoscope.
Would you like to skinny dip under dim, moody skies?
Risk the chance of consequence
bewildered in surprise.
Would you like to cruise the sea into some foreign port?
Risk the chance of consequence
despite your last resort.
Would you 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 desire to try?
Scheme | ABa cDc eDe fDf gDg hDh iDi ABa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101111 111101 101101 1111101010101 1011100 100101 111110111101 1011100 101101 1111101101101 1011100 01110 1111101101101 1011100 010001 1111101011101 1011100 011101 1111111110001 1011100 011101 111111101111 111101 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 877 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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