Analysis of A widows count down
Meghan G Byrd 1989 (Jackson, ms)
5 to bear
4 to keep
3 to be like me
2 in love created
1 left to carry on
Scheme | ABCDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (80%) Lanturne (80%) Tanka (20%) |
Metre | 11 11 1111 01010 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 73 |
Words | 20 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
I gave birth 5 times 1 child didn't make it 3 girls to be like me The love of my life was taken by covid. Now I'm left to Raise our 4 kids alone.
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