Analysis of The Homeless Lady
Joyce Ruffin 1955 (Durham, NC)
My smooth skin cuddled her frail form as the wind blew through her battered fingers when she reached out to me
I hesitated at the thought of her dinginess though compelled by some deep inner subconscious emotion.
As I pulled her from her shallow grave,
Instantly, I felt cold and hungry,
I saw pain and fear,
I was loneliness and death
The tears rolled down my cheeks as if freeing me from some horrid disease,
I felt cleansed
She looked into my eyes and I saw love
| Scheme | A X XAXX X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111100111011101010111111 110010110110111110010010 111010101 100111010 11101 1110001 01111111101111001 111 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 470 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
This is a poem I wrote years ago. I think I was doing a lot of reflecting at the time.
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Submitted on February 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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