Analysis of An Insight of Grief
December ripped my heart out
The seventh to be exact
God took my best friend home for good
Now it’s my brother that I lack.
They say time will make it better
And that I’ll one day be okay
But they didn’t lose you like I lost you
So unexpectedly taken away.
We had plans for the next morning
Just like we always would
But god’s, I guess, were bigger
I would have saved you if I could.
I’ve cried until there are no tears
I’ve prayed to bring us peace
I’ve been mad and sad and missing you
And this pain, it does not cease.
| Scheme | XXAX BCDC XABA XEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 0101111 0101101 11111111 11110111 11111110 0111111 111111111 101001001 11110110 11111 1111010 11111111 11011111 111111 111010101 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 553 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
My brother, Troy Anthony Cook, died from fentanyl poisoning the night of December 7, 2022.
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Written on January 04, 2023
Submitted by Sashalenaecook on March 13, 2023
Modified on March 13, 2023
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