Analysis of I saw what happened
Last time as I remember him
as a bundle full of joy
was the time there was room
for him to be himself
He was really funny and
had a heart of gold
sadly the psychiatric world
thought much less of him
They told him he was not normal
and that he really needed help
so he accepted their offer
and that was the beginning of the end
The caretakers couldn't accept him
as the beautiful person he was
they stuffed him full with medicine
he had no clue anymore who he was
One day he couldn't bear it anymore
the way he lived his life
he chose to step out of it
and jumped before a train
I had no face to say goodbye to
his coffin was closed, a picture on it
to protect us, family members
for the mess his body was
The last thing we saw was
the oven opening its mouth
the flames already luring
for his body to bring him home
In loving memory of my brother
Born ;18-3-1962
Died; 21-1-1989
Scheme | AXXX XXXA XXBX ACXC XXDX XDXC CXXX BXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1010111 101111 111101 1110100 10111 1000101 11111 11111110 01110101 11010110 0110010101 01010011 101001011 11111100 111101111 111101101 011111 1111111 010101 11111111 1101101011 101110010 1011101 011111 01010011 0101010 11101111 0101001110 1 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 848 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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