Analysis of Eternity
death is a lie
a higher illusion of sleep
but life is the truth
a conception very deep
greater than all
the riches we heap
| Scheme | ABCBDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 01001011 11101 0010101 1011 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 122 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
Eternal life
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Written on March 03, 2015
Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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