Analysis of 14 Funerals
The first one to go,
was uncle joe,
destitute and alone,
he died with cancer in the bone
The second to depart,
was cousin Mark,
he didn‘t deserve it,
but he was never smart.
The third to walk the plank,
was my father hank,
on the bottom of a bottle,
fleeing demands from the bank.
The fourth to leave,
was my mother Mayheave,
going on her own,
to lessen her grief.
The fifth one that left,
was my brother Clef.
He wanted to live,
but his fate was death.
The sixth one hurt most,
it was my lover rose.
The driver was drunk,
they smashed into a post.
The seventh that went out,
was my cousin scout.
I wasn‘t hurt no more,
when he drowned off the shore.
The eight was too soon,
alone in his room,
my son Jeff,
was denied his last breath
The ninth died alone,
my grampa Malone.
I wish I could care,
but my heart is a stone.
The tenth left to late,
it was my brother Nate.
shot in the chest,
by the people he did hate.
Eleven, twelve, thirteen,
Barry, John, and Eileen.
The drugs were fake,
they would never awake.
And now theres only me,
alone in the dark.
An empty chest,
a hole in my heart.
Had god left me,
or was he never there,
it doesn‘t matter,
no more prayers I can spare.
For what am I,
but a man shape hole,
A gaping wound,
where there once was a soul.
The world lay barren,
no more blue and green.
I cannot wait,
to be number fourteen.
Scheme | AABB CDXC EEXE FFBX XGXH IXXI JJKK XXGH BBLB MMNM OOPP QDNC QLXL XRXR XOMO |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Tetractys (38%) Etheree (37%) |
Metre | 01111 1101 10001 11110001 010101 1101 11011 111101 011101 11101 10101010 1001101 0111 11101 10101 11001 01111 11101 11011 11111 01111 111101 01011 110101 010111 11101 11111 111101 01111 01011 111 101111 01101 1101 11111 111101 01111 111101 1001 1010111 010111 101001 0101 111001 011101 01001 1101 01011 1111 111101 1110 111111 1111 10111 0101 111101 01110 11101 1101 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,362 |
Words | 338 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem as a reflection on the death of my grandpa last year. He is the first loved one I lost, and Im still not sure I processed his death. It scares me to think that there will only be more of this in the future. This poem is a reflection on the death of everyone you love, and what is left after. It is also the first poem I wrote that im willing to share.
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