Analysis of Came and Gone
Alisha Merritt Williams 1988 (Charleston,)
A long and lost biological mother
Have not known it would have ended quickly
A longing wish left numb then sickly.
Looking high and looking below in hopes of joy
With sorrow not knowing you were a girl or boy.
Heart beat then two
Came and went away, two became few.
Weeks, months, isolation
Alone drowning on dark clouds
Once a creation.
Seen out soul, into a drowning bowl.
Out of light, held on tight for new life
Heartbeat then three
Healing then smiles
For then storm arriving
The rush of the Nile
Hitting with knowing no longer growing.
Drowning again in the dark madness of through glasses.
Remorse none, all is hit and run.
Flush out the flood in spurts
The creation made hurt.
Not held
Terror infilled with no love instilled
Separated, cheated away
When all is said and done, one went away.
Scheme | XAABBCCDXDX XAXEXEXDXXXXFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0101010010 1111111010 010111110 101010010111 110110100111 1111 101011011 11010 0110111 10010 111010101 111111111 111 1011 111010 01101 1011011010 1001001101110 01111101 110101 001011 11 10111101 1001001 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 807 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 14 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 318 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
About this poem
Pregnancy, miscarriage leaving behind evil
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Written on February 10, 2022
Submitted by alisha.williams2006 on February 10, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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