Analysis of Helpless Death



My love one, My love one,
Thy have tears thy shed and prayers thy beg,
But nothing can bring your lost soul back,
All thy see left of you is the outline you once filled,
And your hollow shadow that lurks beside thy own flesh,

My love one, My love one,
Memories thy struggle to hold are bieng lost within,
Thy have nothing left of you,
Except for the items you once placed against your pale white skin,

My love one, My love one,
Your heart is like a doves graceful soar,
Your lips are like a song that I once heard,
And your eyes that use to shed the tears that fell like a diamond.


Scheme Axxxx Abxb Axxx
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111110111 110111111 111111101111 011011101111 111111 1001101111101 1110111 011010111011111 111111 111101101 1111011111 011111101111010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 569
Words 116
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 150
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on July 28, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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