Analysis of Grief
If you asked me what grief meant
two months ago
I would recite the five stages
words slipping off my tongue
like time
I would put my hands on my waist
and perhaps ask how you are
your family and loved ones
I would not understand
I knew no grief
and then suddenly I did
it made its descent upon my shoulders
its feathery wings made of hope
taken from those it touched
it clawed open my eyes
scratching and tearing
and I could not see that you were gone
every day became a tasteless lump of nothing
morphing into a grey sludge
and all I could do was finish my plate
I thought grief was finally satisfied
with unraveling my character
the thin layers
of my heart
and then grief perched itself upon my shoulders, began to whisper
why why why why why why why
the ebbing and flowing of time
the way I cannot comprehend loss
why
suddenly the bird took its wing
placed me underneath the leathery interior
and I began to cry
for the first time
the first rains of season
playing in the puddles
wellingtons and rubber hats
smell of fresh grass
blossoms
watermelon seeds
Time became seasons
seconds became building blocks of time
my damaged eyes finally could see despite the tears and holes
I knew nothing about grief
Until
I began to feel alive again
Scheme | XXXXA XXBX CX DXX XEX EXX XFDX FGAXG EFGA XXXXXX BAX CX X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (29%) |
Metre | 1111111 1101 11010110 110111 11 11111111 0011111 1100011 11101 1111 0110011 1110101110 11001111 101111 111011 10010 011111101 1001010101110 1001011 0111111011 111110010 101001100 0110 111 0111010111001110 1111111 01001011 01110011 1 10001111 110101000100 010111 1011 011110 100010 10101 1111 10 1001 10110 100110111 110110011010101 1110011 01 101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,280 |
Words | 269 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem a few days ago after recounting my experience with grieving and mourning. I was finally able to take a piece of what I felt and put it on paper. If you have gone through anything similar I wish you the inner healing you deserve
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Written on August 02, 2022
Submitted by scopliora on August 04, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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