Analysis of Birthday Deceased (A Birthday Card)



Happy birthday to you
You make up what is new
You are sorry you're born
when old becomes you

You're not what I'd call
older than me at all
But you're just a spring chicken
that's too hot to call

So remember my line
that your older than time
When you think you're dismembered
and the life you lived rhymes

So forget your old beef
that your dead for a piece
When the lord burns your candle
even when you're deceased


Scheme AAXA BBXB XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 111111 111011 11011 11111 101111 1110110 11111 101011 111011 1111010 001111 101111 111101 1011110 101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 398
Words 81
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 20

About this poem

tried to write a greeting card

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Written on October 02, 2021

Submitted by Poetbird on October 02, 2021

Modified on March 31, 2023

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