Analysis of That I Was Here
Every where I turn
The news is bad
I'm still alive
But I ain't glad.
The news they say
this summer so hot
I stay inside
and feel it not.
My old bones ere
always cold, that
the way it is
So I've been told.
My name is Joe,
What a dumb name
and have no money
and have no fame.
So when I'm gone
If I ever am for
Actually dying
I have no plan.
But I suppose I will
Kick the bucket some day
And if they read my rhyme
then they will know
That I came by this way.
| Scheme | XAXA BCXC XXXX DEXE XXXX XBXDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (44%) |
| Metre | 100111 0111 1101 1111 0111 11011 1101 0111 1111 111 0111 1111 1111 1011 01110 0111 1111 111011 10010 1111 110111 101011 011111 1111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 466 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
A poem I wrote in 2021 with the hope I will be remembered when I have returned to dust. Joe Hampton
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Written on October 23, 2021
Submitted by joemirlhampton on December 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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