Analysis of The Dusk Of My Day



Where Death’s dusk befell

So coldly where I lay

Yet the memories of my life fills me

Not of the hours I worked

Or the home I so proudly showed

Or the wealth I worked hard towards to flaunt

It was of the laughter of my loved ones

And the warmth of the sun on my skin

The smile of the stranger who became a friend

And your sweet love, which filled the air

As my final moments close

I look back on my life

Not with shame on a life unfinished

But the peace I felt when I first took your hand in mine


Scheme X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 110111 1010011111 1101011 10111101 1011110111 1110101111 001101111 01101010101 01111101 1110101 111111 111101010 1011111111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 510
Words 118
Sentences 1
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by williamsjc33 on April 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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