Analysis of His Last Words
Those last words he spoke,
I will keep to myself.
They were for me
Not for anyone else.
They play in my head
Everyday
In that same voice
That I heard him say,
"I'm very sorry,
I've broken your heart."
Now we both suffer
Because we're apart.
But those three words
He whispered to me,
As he died slowly
In our misery
Will stay in my heart
'Til I'm dead in my grave.
I'll hold close to me
The secrets he gave...
| Scheme | XXAX XBXB ACXC XAAA CDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Tetractys (35%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 11111 11111 1011 11101 11011 101 0111 11111 11010 11011 11110 01101 1111 11011 11110 010100 11011 111011 11111 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 389 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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