Analysis of Stages



The gift of life has many stages you see,
 First the conception where we came to be
 Then comes the birth where in the world we enter
 Growing up falls then into the center

The fourth stage is growing old, it can be a long haul
 Death is the finale, the end of it all
 To some it is welcome, they're just ready to go
 Tired of illnesses and feeling so low

For the loved ones it is hard, in fact it's the worst
 Wondering why, to God they cursed
 Not realizing that it may be for the best,
 That the one they love is out of pain and finally at rest

Some deaths are untimely and that is a fact
 A full life to live they may have lacked
 But everything is done for a reason, don't fear
 God must have needed them more than us here

Rather than grieving and feeling so sad,
 We could celebrate the life that they had
 Just remember to pray and to take God's hand
 Because everything from the beginning has all been planned.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGXX HHII
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Metre 01111101011 1001011111 11011001110 1011101010 0111101111011 11001001111 111110111011 10110001011 101111101101 10011111 11001111101 101111111010011 11101001101 011111111 11011101011 1111011111 1011001011 111001111 10101101111 0110100101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 929
Words 186
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted by hitalot on June 20, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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