Analysis of Death Is Tenacious
Death is so tenacious it lets no one stand.
Those not drowned in oceans are buried on the land.
Death is so capricious it turns on the fit.
Those not picked for crippling are chosen for the pit.
Death is so fallacious it deceives the proud.
Those not duped by promise are swindled by the crowd.
Death is so voracious it chomps all in sight.
Those not gulped at breakfast are eaten in the night.
Death is so audacious it scythes holy men.
Those not slashed for worship are severed for their sin.
Death is so pugnacious it strikes at each chance.
Those not racked by sorrow are by circumstance.
Death is so malicious it takes the newborn.
Those not with maladies are with disaster torn.
Death is so pernicious it assails whole towns.
Those not felled by nature are yet effaced by frowns.
Death is so officious it snoops in affairs.
Those not tried in person are addled in their cares.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011111 111010110101 11101011101 1111100110101 1110101101 111110110101 11101011101 111110110001 11101011101 111110110111 11101011111 1111101110 11101011010 111100110101 11101010111 11111011111 111111001 111010110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 865 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 703 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 162 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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