Analysis of The end
Joshua Smith 1994 (Texas)
I was aiming for a hard death and an easy life,
Seeking to sidestep the stress and strife.
Dreaming of a blaze of glory, up in flames, my life,
A spectacular end, a finale rife.
I was on a mad dash to the grand spectacle,
My name in lights, a vision so delectable.
Shining from the TVs, a story quite respectable,
A legacy in pixels, momentarily detectable.
My picture on the evening news, a sight to behold,
My family puzzled, stories untold.
An old lover whispers secrets, bold,
"She always knew," her claims rolled.
At the funeral pyre, all gathered in a ring,
With joy and fear, my enemies sing.
"Good riddance, sleep well," to the mad king,
A symphony of disdain, their voices cling.
But that's a dream for the dreary and the gray,
For the heart seeks a larger play.
I gotta build a life robust enough to sway,
An effigy of a man, in the light of day.
A legacy not of ash but of deeds so grand,
A life so full, so rich, so unplanned.
Smile for the ones who never understand,
Building monuments in the sand.
For the dream of glory, of a fiery blaze,
Is but a shadow of life's true maze.
To live, to love, in so many ways,
An effigy of a man, through the haze.
So let the critics and the enemies chatter,
Their words, in the end, won't matter.
For it's the love, the life, the joyful clatter,
That lights the flame, the heart's to flatter
Scheme | AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EEEE FFFF GGGG HHHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110101101101 10110101 1010111010111 00100100101 111011101100 110101010100 1010101010100 010001001000100 1101010101101 1100101001 111010101 111011 1010010110001 110111001 110111011 01001011101 11011010001 10110101 110101010111 110010100111 010011111111 011111101 110111001 10100001 101110101001 11011111 111101101 1100101101 110100010010 11001110 11010101010 110101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,396 |
Words | 296 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
How I planned to live my life and my realization that I was doing it wrong.
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