Analysis of "I Still Hold You, My Forever Love"

Susan E. Stanford 1953 (Chattanooga)



I held you in my arms that day; I watched you as you slipped away. I held you closer, I cried, " don't go; don't leave me now, please oh no!"   As you took your last breath, it was as though you took mine. I have just one regret, that is, that we didn't have more time. Thirty-six years we shared together; we were rarely apart. Most were filled with precious memories; those I hold dear in my heart.........Therefore, I still hold you, my forever love                                 


Scheme A
Poetic Form Monorhyme
Metre 1110111111111101111101111111111111111111111111111011111101111011110101010011011101001111011111110101
Characters 485
Words 88
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 1
Lines Amount 1
Letters per line (avg) 333
Words per line (avg) 88
Letters per stanza (avg) 333
Words per stanza (avg) 88

About this poem

This poem was written for my dear sister who recently lost her soulmate of 36 years.

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Written on September 27, 1953

Submitted by mamaSue4u on March 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Susan E. Stanford

I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee but raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of eleven children born to Willie W. & Jennie Rose(now both deceased) I have always loved writing poems since I was a young girl, also I love art, jazz music, dancing, and writing short stories stories for kids. Most important for me is my spiritual need being fulfilled each day, by putting spiritual things first place in my life. more…

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