Analysis of A wife's slumbers



Went hometown and came
because friend's mother died
Dad could not even walk
with mother
went to father's grave and
came
till the night is deep
a wife laughed
while watching entertainment shows
and mini-series
turns off the lights
closes eyes
starts crying
went to see father
father
didn't talk
didn't laugh
didn't get angry
it only gave her
more longing
blows her nose
weeps and whispers again
"even if only had four thousand dollars
could had a hope to live
why didn't give
eight hundred dollars?
children cannot fully love parents
a wife says
"suffered too much"
when she looked at the picture of family members
hanging on the wall

The time
when the sky dawn light
crosses the window
father's gift
with keep longing
a wife falls asleep.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101 011101 111101 110 111010 1 10111 011 1100101 01010 1101 101 110 11110 10 101 101 10110 11010 110 101 101001 10110111010 110111 1101 11010 101010110 011 1011 1111010110010 10101 01 10111 10010 101 1110 01101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 739
Words 132
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 31, 6
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 298
Words per stanza (avg) 65
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Yonah Jeong

i have been writing poems since 1970...INFJ. Honest, Harmony, Humble: Love. Don't try to get it, ENJOY! more…

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