Analysis of Never Surrender



Loneliness awaits me like a good host.
Folded me into its dreadful embrace.
Kiss my cheek with its ice cold lips,
Its breath froze my heart in its painful state.

Death beckoned a tempting finger,
promising peace...of painless slumber.
I paused between agonized breathings
and declined death biddings.

For I still have a fight to battle,
and I intend to triumph, not surrender.


Scheme XAXX BBAA XB
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1000111011 1010111001 11111111 1111101101 11001010 10011010 1101101 00111 111101110 01011101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 367
Words 64
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on November 25, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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