Analysis of Eternal
I'll sleep when I die
Sleep when I die
Go out like Dad
Couldn't speak when he died
The look in his eyes
Like a newborn
Wishing for words
All the mistakes
Hindsight really is
20/20
So was the price
Of that glassine
Every ounce of hope
Extinguished
In a swift rush to the brain
Green light went flat
There was no more
Pain.
| Scheme | AABCDEFGHIJEKLMNOM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111 1111 101111 01011 1010 1011 1001 1101 1 1101 111 100111 010 0011101 1111 1111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on November 10, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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