Analysis of Costly



Sister invited in companions
To care for Mom
When I am right here.
Companions cost my Mother money.
Having given her Covid,
Companions also cost my Mother her health.


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 100100010 1111 11111 010111010 101001 01010111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 166
Words 32
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

Cost is usually associated with money, the root of all evil. Sometimes evil lurks in other places.

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Written on January 05, 2022

Submitted by Talley on January 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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E. Talley Brown

I have been writing poetry since I was a child. My first poem was published in eighth grade. I have published in local papers and all the way up to the De Beers Diamond publication. I don't think of me as a poet, just as a vessel for something outside of me to use as a writing hand. I hope the vessel is not rusty! Thank you for reading. more…

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