Analysis of The lucky dead
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
I wish I was one of them
I wish I would perish
My life has lost all meaning
It is pure tragedy
I go to bed dreaming of death
And loathe waking up in the morning
Maybe this is because of the ways I've hurt others
Maybe it's a mental illness
Whatever it is, I don't belong here anymore and I just want to go home
Where someone would show me mercy and forgiveness
Like Jesus, who attracts me, the ultimate guru and spiritual master
God I want to go home
This planet is so violent, the people are so hostile
Gravity holds me down
I miss my family
| Scheme | X X A B X A X C D C X D X X B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 1111111 111110 1111110 111100 11111011 011010010 1011011011110 10101010 101111011010111111 11111100010 1101011010010100010 111111 110111000101110 100111 111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 560 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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