Analysis of Death Can't Steal A Soul



Death is firmly certain and rigid in its scheme
Death can call a curtain
yet cannot end a dream

Death is grimly stupid and random in its goal
Death can slay a cupid
but cannot steal a soul

Death is mostly malice and vicious in its work
Death can fell a palace
but cannot veil a murk

Death is usually fickle and baseless in its pick
Death can use a sickle
yet cannot light a wick

Death is strangely eerie and bizarre in its style
Death can pose a query
but cannot fake a smile

Death is strictly willful and stubborn in its role
Death can be so skillful
yet cannot one console


Scheme AXA BXB CXC DED FXF BEB
Poetic Form
Metre 111010010011 111010 110101 111010010011 111010 110101 111010010011 111010 110101 11100010010011 111010 110101 111010001011 111010 110101 111010010011 111110 110110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 557
Words 113
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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