Analysis of Not Afraid to Die
“I’m not afraid to die,” calmly you said,
As we faced the cold to fight your disease;
Your mind had seemed to be always at ease,
When thinking of meeting loved ones long dead.
“I used to be beautiful,” as tears shed,
You sighed, as cruel illness worsened your wheeze;
Yet no greater beauty, to one who sees,
Was your kind soul, even on your last bed.
We thought, cancer-free, it ended, your strife;
But perhaps you wanted to depart here;
You deserved a hero’s death, and no other,
From how you had lived a so selfless life,
And I’ll not fear as I think, when death’s near,
To see you again, my dear grandmother.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111011 1110111101 111111111 1101101111 1111100111 11110101011 1110101111 1111101111 1110111011 1011101011 10101010110 1111101101 0111111111 111011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 629 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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