Analysis of Irony



By the hand of the almighty, you shall sleep,
By the hand of the weak, you shall suffer.

Once given, it can be taken away.
In years, months, days or seconds.
Once taken, it can't be given back.
You can choose how to spend it.
Regret, joy, pleasure or pain,
The choice is yours.

But no matter what you choose,
It wins.
Two can play the game,
But only one can stay.

And in the end,
It's not you.


Scheme XX AXXXXX XXXA XX
Poetic Form
Metre 10110010111 1011011110 1101111001 0111110 110111101 1111111 0111011 0111 1110111 11 11101 110111 0001 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 414
Words 95
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 6, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Written on 2021

Submitted by on December 04, 2021

Modified on April 11, 2023

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