Memento Mori



He asked the sky what he did to deserved to die
And before him stood Death

Death looked down on the man and said
Memento Mori.

The man looked at Death with confusion
What do you mean?

Death said
Remember that you have to die in order to live, you should not be sad that you passed away because most people don't even make it to the end of there life fully. Some take their lives and end up somewhere no better then where they were.

The man asked Death what the meaning of life is and Death said you lived it so you tell me.

About this poem

A man dies and talks to death

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Written on December 01, 2021

Submitted by Sabbathi on December 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX AB XX AX B
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 528
Words 114
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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