Analysis of Cemetery



Warm air gently flows,
As the trees wave in the back grond.
Hot sun beating, everything feels alive.
Stones protrude from the ground.
Quietness Interrupted by birds singing.
Sounds of weeping quietly drift away.
Fresh flowers cover the names.
Knee flowers freshly cut grass,
Conversation takes place, no one answers.
Staring at the names they look familiar.
Tears low bouncing off the tombstone.
Light warm breeze tickles the ear,
Heart fills with joy. Death so final,
Loved once left with many unanswered questions.
Eyes still tearing wondering if they made it to heaven.


Scheme ABCBDEFGHIJKLMN
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101 10110011 111010101 101101 1000101110 1110100101 1101001 1101011 010111110 1010111010 1110101 1111001 11111110 1111101010 11101001111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 558
Words 93
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 462
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Submitted by chez66 on November 03, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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