Analysis of Death's Dance



Death's Dance
By Kymlee Kopera
Copyright 2013

I dance a waltz with death
Every night I fight his advance
Every day, he's there beside me.
But never once have I been afraid,
when he shows his face in sun and the rain.
I am so enamored.
He whispers nothings,
And all of my shortcomings
Still I breathe his comfort.
To know I will not stay here, be here

Is it sad that he is my lover?
Is it sad that he is my kindred friend?
Death dotes on me, he waits with me.
He is my dutiful suitor.

What's more, he gives me sorrow,
So I don't need to pretend it's not there.
He sits in an empty chair,
In my home
I guess no one is ever truly alone...

He is the only man, who wants me whole,
That wants my mind, my body...

My shattered soul.


Scheme AXX XABXXXCCXX DXBD XEEXX FB F
Poetic Form Tetractys  (32%)
Metre 11 11010 10 110111 100111101 100111011 110111101 1111101001 111010 11010 011110 111110 111111111 111111110 1111111101 11111111 11110010 1111110 1111101111 1101101 011 11111101001 1101011111 1111110 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 709
Words 149
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 10, 4, 5, 2, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 25, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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