Analysis of Vintage Wine



Together let us shimmer and shine,
Sublime as a Colorado pine.

We bask in beautiful memories so fine.
We drink of full deep wine.

In Birdseye view we boldly opine,
Then pounce on prey like a feline.

Those we love become our lifeline,
And life proceeds in God’s design.


Scheme AA AA AA AA
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 010111001 01100101 11010010011 111111 010111001 1111101 11101101 01010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 263
Words 49
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 12

About this poem

In the Autumn and Winter of my life I am like Frank Sinatra: "I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs."

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Submitted by mcwarren on June 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Melita Catalina Warren

I am a senior citizen, visual artist, and inspirational poet. My spiritual quest to know Jesus Christ intimately relates to many of my rhymes. However, I also write romantic rhymes and rhymes drawing from other topics. One of my goals is to illustrate my rhymes with my original drawings. more…

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