Analysis of She Stares at Stairs



She still resides within the walls
Where childhood years took place.
Her mom still makes her nightly calls;
But Dad still leaves no trace.

Mom lives in a retirement home
Her daughter got the house.
It has two floors she used to roam;
Alone without a spouse.

She's still alone in her wheelchair
Now stuck on the first floor,
While mem'ries of her room upstairs
Calls out her name once more.

That's why she sits and stares each day
At stairs she used to climb.
That led to dreams now far away
When she was in her prime.


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010101 11111 01110101 111111 110001001 010101 11111111 010101 1101001 111011 1110101 110111 11110111 111111 11111101 111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 520
Words 110
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

Reflections of the past.

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Written on November 07, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 07, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on November 07, 2023

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