Analysis of Death's Embrace
The night is wrinkling away,
the moon is finding its way,
and here you're, going astray,
with death, lurking, its ray.
With every passing day,
account and look at what u gain,
the earlier u know this life is in vain,
the better u erase your pain.
Death don't have a time,
it doesn't know you're still in your prime,
it comes without a dime,
seek forgiveness from the divine.
As a matter of fact,
the lion is attacked,
with its flesh torn apart,
no one will live forever,
to know that now will be better,
with the brave falling down,
with blood gushing out,
Death comes as a lown,
face that with an eye been frown.
Death is an unforeseen,
it knows not you're still at fourteen,
it kills old and teen,
put that in mind with a keen.
As a song says, there is no remedy to death,
if u live a thousand year, u will finally be laid to rest,
if u know that, u need not fret,
with good deeds, u will not know of distress.
With that, death is near,
even if u pray for an extra year,
welcome it with a facial sneer,
with all this, just adhere,
and u will finally not regret.
You lead a life of rife,
by stealing people's rice,
the stardom u gain through knife,
know that death has no price.
Change your ways now if you're wise,
and for good deeds, u should strive,
Every day, a new sun rise,
be the sun that guide people through dark,
with that, u will get a good remark,
raise your head up to the stars,
and u will have a new rise.
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Metre | 01110001 0111011 0111001 111011 1100101 01011111 01001111101 01010111 11101 110111011 110101 10101001 101011 010101 111101 1111010 11111110 101101 11101 11101 1111111 11101 11111111 11101 1101101 101111110011 1110101111001111 11111111 1111111101 11111 1011111101 10110101 111101 011100101 110111 110101 0101111 111111 1111111 0111111 10010111 101111011 111110101 1111101 0111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,457 |
Words | 335 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 7 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
The poem explore the idea of mortality and the fleeting nature of life.
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Written on December 09, 2023
Submitted by akinwunmikhalidkolawole on December 09, 2023
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