Analysis of Heaven and Hell
What comes next
After the final darkness falls
Does it stay dark forever
Is that the Hell for us all
A never-ending nightfall
A slumber to forever sleep
A lonely ship that sails to nowhere
And has a soul to keep
Do we cross a bridge to nothing
Over a river deep and wide
Of tears that fall through darkness
About choices left behind
May Angels embrace us sweetly
And bring us to the light
Terrifying and loving in equal measure
As we see both our wrongs and our rights
Before we find our Eden
Is the jury made of one
Or at the end, do we join our Creator
And judge together all that we have done
| Scheme | XXAB BCXC XXXX XXAX DDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (25%) Quatrain (20%) |
| Metre | 111 10010101 1111010 1101111 010101 01010101 01011111 010111 11101110 10010101 1111110 0110101 11001110 011101 10001001010 11111010101 01111010 1010111 110111110010 0101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 601 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Musings on what happens after we die
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Written on January 25, 2022
Submitted by Terrilou on January 26, 2022
Modified on May 02, 2023
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