Analysis of Minuscule Window Spots
Giovanni Maria Tommaso 1950 (Rome)
those minuscule spots of red & brown
have been on the window glass
above the sink for several years
they never really showed up until now
as I bend with my glasses frame in hand
& make an effort to strain to see them
with the end of my plastic spoon I scrape
somehow miraculously remembering when
my dear Aunt Vivian my mom Louise & I
watched as she made sauce "succo" to her
precise in-head receipt for she loved to cook
entertain laugh, smile & to make conversation
my Aunt V was a charmer a doll a pristine doer
what she decided to do had to be thought-out
& when she took it on she mastered it fully her
breads & fruitcakes were to die for & expensive
though she never charged nor made a profit but
as gifts or for the St. Joseph's table Aunt V went
all out never tiring never complaining everything
she did she did for Him to the best of her ability
we learn by example for when we see someone
in motion doing a good & virtuous act we seek
we ask & we find it within ourselves to imitate
the highest form of flattery to them to us & to God
Scheme | X X X X X X X X X A XB X X A X X X X X B X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 1110101 01011101 1101011011 1111110101 111011111 1011110111 10100001001 11110011011 11111110 01010111111 011111010 1111010010101 11101111111 111111101100 110111010 11101110101 1111011010111 1110101001010 111111101100100 11101011111 0101001100111 1111101001110 01011100111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,071 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 23 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
learning by example When we meet someone we admire, we study them and learn by their example, what gifts of personality & character they have to teach and impart. What a blessing to have such a person in one's family.
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Written on September 26, 2021
Submitted by gmtommaso on September 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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