Analysis of Even In Death
Mine be the sign of enchanted life
Free from will, and all matters of strife!
Less I be in as much, as a humble man
Then to walk with thine heart, in open hand
This be thy moment of my missed contempt
And I’ll be thy beacon, of my own relent
Conflict lies in my quill! Late in the night
Where now I do rest, burdened by plight
Have thine own eyes, been blinded by sleet
Earth for my pillow, no slip for my feet!
Thou have turned thy heart into dust
Lost in thy depths, consumed by my lust
Turmoil breeds by the whims of my breath
Thou hath, endeared me, even in death!
Dead as I am, in turn do I crust?
Alone in thy paster, burdened by lust!
Deem be thy day, in my disarray
Beside still waters, bound in the bay
Vexed as I am, by the bow of my string
Ever so humbled by the light, which I bring!
| Scheme | AAXX XXBB CCDD EEDD FFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 110110101 111011011 11101110101 1111110101 1111011101 01111011101 1010111001 111111011 111111011 1111011111 11111011 101101111 11101111 110111001 111101111 0101101011 11110101 011101001 1111101111 10110101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 778 |
| Words | 164 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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