Analysis of Memories
Your faded photograph hangs on my wall;
Tears flow as I dream of you,
And yet...
I lift my face to the darkening sky,
and taste each raindrop as it falls;
Life contained, Life expressed,
Life is given to all,
For a time.
I open my eyes to the morning light,
shimmering on the dew
of each perfect spiderweb;
No greater art does life express
than in these tiny drops,
where rainbows live.
I raise my hands to the firelight warmth;
Each flame contains an image:
Memories and times past.
No further palette is needed
to find the beauty therein.
Silent fingers of doubt are dispelled
by these simple joys;
I face the day with renewed hope.
| Scheme | ABX XXXAX XBXXXX XXXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101111 1111111 01 1111101001 0111111 101101 111011 101 1101110101 100101 11011 11011101 101101 111 11111011 1101110 100011 11010110 1101001 101011101 11101 11011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 613 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 6, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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