Analysis of "Pray for Me By Hershey"
Pray for me
By Hershey
A bright sunny day you can see
the fresh dandelions bursting into flurys
when a gust of wind blows them apart
The chipped paint from the walls that reminded you of
a sweeter time but saddens you because its getting old
The rosemary bushes that add a very minty smell to the air
Just like when grandma had those Peppermint Patty always fully stocked
Because she always loved seeing her grandchildren
The Fresh cut grass that makes your eyes red just letting you that it's okay to cry
The warm blissful air going through your fingers while driving in the passenger seat
The speedometer reading 75 miles per hour, the crisp air
Getting harder the breathe
Feeling like you are suffocating on your own breath
Feeling your heart drop to your feet
She says “pray for me”
but that's hard when your face to face with depression, walking on a line of anxiety and shaking hands with death
Looking up to the ceiling with your eyes shut trying hard back the tears
Your hands folded to send a letter to the heavens hoping he hears your calls
Pray for me
Rain thumbing against the windshield trying to beat god from making the last call
When will he listen, when will he touch the soul of this Lifeless body fighting to survive but in the end won't make it
Why keep praying for something that doesn't work
he’s failed you why pray for something that isn't gonna happen
She's a “prayer warrior” they say, but she's fighting a battle that she can't win
Now her kids have to look in the mirror knowing that the god that they believed in has taken away their own mother.
The women that gave you life, gave you hope, supported you your whole life now lost her life because it was god's plan, it was fate making the decisions, it was her time, it was wrong
Where are the angels
God's soldiers that are supposed to be protecting her, fighting the war against the demons that are whispering evil thoughts into her head
There was no thought in mind that you would take her from us
cursing her with a plague of sickness not to get better because she wasn't good enough for God's touch
Pray for Us
Scheme | Aa abx xx cxd x e cx fe a f bb A x x xd x x x bxbx b |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 110 01101111 0110010011 101111101 011101101011 01011101011101 010101101011101 111101110101101 0111110010 011111111110111111 01101101110110001001 00100101110011 101001 101111001111 10111111 11111 1111111110101010110100010111 10110101111101101 1110110101010101111 111 110010110111110011 11110111101111010101011001111 11101101101 111111101101010 1011001111100101111 10111100101010111010110011110 0101111111010111111010111111111000101101111 11010 1101101110100100101010111001010101 1111011111011 1001011101111001110101111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 2,150 |
Words | 425 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 51 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
It's about my great grandmother Hershey, she was always a person that would pray for you even if you had the common cold. This poem really shows how it felt to my family and her kids when going through grief.
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Written on February 17, 2019
Submitted by utsickbrayden on January 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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