Analysis of Remembered At Best



When they speak of me one day, I'm sure some will say,
"Oh she was a good person. She always had a smile".
Some will even say, "you know she had style".
They'll all agree, I talked a lot. "That's was just her way".
But I want to be remembered for the things I had to say.
I didn't believe in lying, stealing, or cheating to get my way.
I stood for what I felt was right to the very end,
In the face of losing family and so called friends.
That life without truth was worthless to me.
In the company of those that lied and cheated,
I did not wish to be.
I cannot dictate what will be said as I'm laid to rest.
I can only hope I'll be remembered at best.


Scheme ABBAAACDEFEGG
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111111 111011011101 1110111111 1101110111101 111110101011111 11001010101101111 1111111110101 0011101000111 1101111011 001001111010 111111 11001111111111 111011101011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 640
Words 135
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 486
Words per stanza (avg) 135
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Submitted on February 15, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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