Analysis of Empty House



I am alone now
So glad I saved the day
But now the party’s over
You’ve all left and gone away.

No good byes or thank you’s
No we’ll miss you and we’ll write
Just an empty house all day
And every lonely night

The mornings I wake alone
Climbing down the stairs
Remembering the times we all
Emerged like hibernating bears

But now that time is over
I just wake and am alone
Now that the birds are all grown up
From the nest they all have flown.


Scheme XABA XCAC DEXE BDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11011 111101 110110 1110101 111111 1111011 1110111 0100101 0101101 10101 01000111 01111 1111110 1110101 11011111 1011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 456
Words 96
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

Birds grown and left the nest is part of life

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Written on May 04, 2022

Submitted by Streetbeat on May 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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