Analysis of Death Becomes Us
Death becomes those of us who fail to live NOW.
Death becomes those who foolishly act as if there is a future.
Death becomes all who live without passion,
For the passion of the day will carry us into night.
Death becomes those who stop loving, laughing and living
Hoping to have a better opportunity to do so later.
Death becomes the future for those who choose to live in the past.
Live Now!
Experience life as it is meant to be experienced,
In the laughter of a child;
In the sweet aroma of a fresh spring day;
In the arms of a friend, relishing the moment.
By living now, we cheat Death of the sting of finality
For we live on.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111111 1011110011111010 1011110110 10101011101011 1011111010010 1011010010011110 101010111111001 11 010011111110100 0010101 00101010111 001101100010 110111110110100 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 618 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 495 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on December 24, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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