Analysis of Your Way On Earth



Your charm will be forgotten.
Your air will lose its couth.
You will be remembered for your sincere truth.

Your catch will be forgotten.
Your hunt will lose its prey.
You will be remembered for your cheerful play.

Your style will be forgotten.
Your chic will lose its flair.
You will be remembered for your gracious care.

Your fame will be forgotten.
Your star will lose its shine.
You will be remembered for your peaceful sign.

Your shape will be forgotten.
Your form will lose its awe.
You will be remembered for your tender draw.

Your thrust will be forgotten.
Your push will lose its shove.
You will be remembered for your up-front love.

Your grade will be forgotten.
Your mark will lose its spot.
You will be remembered for your faithful shot.

Your things will be forgotten.
Your stuff will lose its worth.
You will be remembered for your way on earth.


Scheme ABB ACC ADD AEE AXX AFF AGG ABB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 111111 11101011011 1111010 111111 11101011101 1111010 111111 11101011101 1111010 111111 11101011101 1111010 111111 11101011101 1111010 111111 11101011111 1111010 111111 11101011101 1111010 111111 11101011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 834
Words 153
Sentences 24
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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