Analysis of I HAVE WON

Judith Graddy 1940 (Plymouth,IN.)



       I Have Won

As the evening starts to settle in, and I view the Sun through the leaves like fancy lace.

The Locusts start to sing their song, and they call out to me, another day's ended and yes, I have won.

I’ve fought this illness, once again, and yes the victor I have won.

And now I know through all the pain, a better home and place awaits me there, on the other plane. 

Just like the evening's gentle calmness, I view the Sun through the leaves, that sing and dance and sway with the gentle breeze.
I too, will now leave traces of shadows of where…….. I have been.



Judy Graddy. 2004


Scheme A XAAXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111 101011100011011011101 0101111101111101011001111 1111010101010111 01111101010101011110101 110101010110110111010110101 11111101111111 1010
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 621
Words 122
Sentences 9
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 56
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 149
Words per stanza (avg) 38

About this poem

I wrote this poem when one of my family members passed on.

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Written on March 20, 2004

Submitted by judith_g on April 10, 2024

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