Analysis of When I Die
When I die,
Will the secrets seep from my eyes?
Will the fortune tellers scry?
Will my life lines incised become petrified?
Will the pieces of my mind fertilize the dirt that underlies?
Will the blood from my pouring veins act as confectionery wine for the flies?
Will my vacant heart echo the thunder in guise?
Will my lungs imbue with bedraggled rainwater unrefined?
Will I get to say goodbye?
Will I find it's all lies?
When I die.
| Scheme | AbcdbbbeabA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 10101111 1010101 1111010110 10101111001101 101111011101001101 111011001001 1110110101001 111111 111111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 344 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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