Analysis of AFTERWARDS
It's afterwards
And a calm of sorts is setting in.
And now we know the king
Will never sing again,
But then:
Born in squalid poverty
Down in Tupelo
On the Mississippi.
Then to Memphis
At thirteen,
Living out
His wildest dreams.
A millionaire
The king of rock,
Yet still the heartaches
Just wouldn't stop.
The stately halls
Are filled with shame,
Gone the glory
But not the fame.
At forty-two a famous man
Who no one seemed
To understand.
A mellow tune
Or raucous one,
They play his hits
Even though he's gone.
Heartaches built up
Caused his death,
Weariness stole
His final breath.
Surround by
The parasites,
Inadvertently
They took his life.
Gone his dreams
With his ex-wife,
She took his hope with;
His beloved child.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXXBB CXCXXXDXXAX XECEXXXXXXX XFXFXXCGDGXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100 001111100 011101 110101 11 1010100 1010 10010 1110 111 101 1101 001 0111 1101 1101 0101 1111 1010 1101 11010101 1111 101 0101 1101 1111 10111 111 111 1001 1101 011 010 0100 1111 111 1111 11111 1011 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 751 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 11, 11, 12, 3 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
Poem about my idol, Elvis Presley.
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Written on 1980
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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