Analysis of "Bed Dead"
I woke up on a bed
I wished I wasn’t dead
So I went back to sleep
The woke up to a beep
Then remembered I ate some lead
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick (80%) Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 111101 11111 111111 011101 10101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 119 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
Waking up just to realize that you are dead
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Written on June 03, 2021
Submitted by s28107969 on June 03, 2021
Modified on March 14, 2023
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