Analysis of Last Breath



He was happy with his life
And was blessed with a beautiful wife
Now he is Eighty  
And is really happy  

Playing with his grandchildren  
In his heart, Regrets lost and forgotten  
Had a cover of happiness around his regret-filled heart
He was ready to fulfill his part and depart

How long will he wear this cover
That is when I started to wonder
When indeed?
When will everything bleed?

I thought about it a lot
To be honest it was short
There is a phrase
A deadly message it conveys

Your last breath is unique
Your soul gets a life of its own and speaks
Shows you your dreadful moments and regrets
It's like watching your life on a cassette

Every bad memory buried inside
Will come out in the open,its wild
Then everything goes black
That is when you know you fell back

To the dark hellhole  
Where there is no light, not even the size of a keyhole
Your soul will depart
And venture off to a new start

Here you are, soulless
Regretting your actions is pointless
What's done is done  
Believe me, that is not fun

The grandfather died a painful death
Regretting everything he has done till his LAST BREATH
But this time something was different
"Oh god! I got a new life, This is brilliant!!!"


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF XXGG XXXX XXHH IIDD JJCC KKLL
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 1110111 011101001 11110 011010 101110 0110110010 101011000110111 111010111001 11111110 111110110 101 11101 1101101 1110111 1101 01010101 111101 1110111101 1111010001 1110111001 10011001001 1110011 11011 11111111 1011 1111111001101 11101 01011011 11110 010110110 1111 0111111 01010101 010101111111 111101100 11110111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,233
Words 267
Sentences 5
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

This poem is about moments before and after death. How will a person feel? They regret having done some things, But there is no point, Or is there? I wrote this poem based on what I think on the matter, So please judge accordingly.

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Written on August 09, 2022

Submitted by SaMartian16 on August 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Samarchitha Srinivasan

Hello! My name is Samarchitha, and I'm 15 years old and from India. I started writing poems a few weeks ago. They might not be perfect but I did my best and want to do more in the future. My genre is Dark poems. They're mostly negative. I feel it's a space that hasn't reached its full potential. And when it will, It'll leave us all surprised. My poem page for Instagram is @poemzz_by_me.That's all I can think of right now. And I say this every time. I'm open to any kinds of suggestions that can help me improve. Thank you! more…

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