Analysis of Haunted by Decay
Haunted by Decay
Windows and doors warped in frame
and the shadows cast have faded
distant memories the walls remember
the hope the life the death.
Everyone goes away.
Once upon a yesterday
room for living and bed, was busy
all roads led to this Rome
to families who loved this home.
The weeds own this place
survived prejudice to roses
and the wind through the eaves
calls unanswered, spindrift
to damp halls absolutely
and the litter flies
nowhere near and now here
searching for a reason
to stay awhile, maybe pile up
Juxtaposition to decades
of decay before
the demolition, comes.
The ghosts run this town now
maybe they always did...
Decay,
resistance is futile.
Scheme | A XBXX A ACDD XXXB C XXXX XXXX XAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 1001101 0011110 1010001010 010101 10101 101010 111001110 111111 11001111 01111 01100110 001101 1101 111010 00101 11011 101010 11011011 0010101 10101 00101 011111 10111 01 010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 687 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 1, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
Poem about an abandoned house, and the ghost of memories...within.
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Submitted by terrye.62528 on May 12, 2024
Modified by terrye.62528 on May 28, 2024
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