Analysis of Red Poppies



And the red poppies lie withering on my casket. A day you thought you'd never see.

See I lived my life like the death of tomorrow.

Writing for my king to take my sorrow.

I breathed pale and stagnant air,
While my heart lie withering in my chest.
Pumping to the beat of helpless lies.

I seen things that other people couldn't.
Like cancer in an unborn child.
And the hare building inside an anarchist Hitler wanna-be.

I loathed the sweet words people said to me,
Trying to sway me into their hatred arms.

I caught everyone red handed

The covets of christians are unknown to me.
Unknown to you.
I claim not unto God,
but unto me.
I am counter.
I covet.

When I am gone, I'll still be with you all.
Never seeing, but still knowing.

While the red poppies lie withering on my casket.


Scheme A B B XXX XXA AX X AXXAXC XX C
Poetic Form
Metre 001101100111001111101 11111101101 1011111110 1110101 1111100011 101011101 1111101010 11001111 0011001110010101 1101110111 10111011101 1110110 01011010111 0111 111101 1101 1110 110 1111111111 10101110 1011011001110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 757
Words 147
Sentences 18
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 6, 2, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on July 29, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Chante Abbott

My name is Chante' Noel Abbott. I am 20 years old and a West Virginia girl. I have been writing poetry since I was 6 years old. I have more composition books filled with words than I can honestly handle. I have a 2 year old son who keeps me going each day. What can I say, between my love for him, and these West Virginia mountains, I have enough inspiration to last a life time. <3 more…

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