Analysis of The Final Journey
I’m shot, its burning and bleeding what’s going on?
My hearts racing, pumping blood all over my lawn,
As I fall, I see this car speed off, the wheels are peeling,
The Smoke rises from the tires just like this sick feeling,
I don’t think ill survive my life is spilling out,
Then there’s people trying to help they scream and shout,
But the darkness follows as the ambulance travels,
Sirens wailing signaling my final battle,
After breathing my last breath, I am no more,
My ego was absorbed by my soul so now I soar,
Except the darkness latches on like a beat to a drummer,
My sins weighed down my spirit pulling me under,
I surface on the lake of fire and my eyes do witness
Through the flame’s demons circling the numbers are endless,
From behind I’m lifted this grip has shifted then released,
I’m falling again except I land on the bones of the deceased,
I’m Pitch-forked and tossed like the daily catch of a fisherman,
Landing on a dock of pain the whole world is whimperin,
Eons it seems with misery my tolerance turns to numbness,
Until finally something breaks and I ask why have I done this?
Tears stream now not from pain but for Love and to forgive,
First the people that hurt me making it hard to live,
Then I forgave myself understanding finally true wealth,
Loving ourselves and others the greatest feeling ever felt.
Scheme | ABCCDDEFGGHHIIJJKAILMNOP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111100100101 111010111011 11111111101110 01101010111110 111101111101 111010111101 1010101010010 101010011010 10101111111 1101011111111 010101011011010 111111010110 110101110011110 10110100010110 10111011110101 1100101111011001 11101101011010 101011101111 1011110011001110 0110010101111111 1111111110101 1010111101111 1101101010011 1000101001010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,329 |
Words | 243 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,052 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 243 |
About this poem
This poem is based on a dream I had.
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Submitted by usnavyveterandavegraham on June 07, 2021
Modified on April 12, 2023
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