Analysis of Golden Hair



It was Christmas 1973,
as I straightened up his brace

A disabled body with unconquered mind,
best friends in different states

As she walked straight down the cellar steps,
my future in her glance

Dressed pure white, she’d come from work,
her clothes did then enhance

The beauty in her heart and beyond,
with one look did reveal

As she walked half down the thirteen steps,
sitting sideways to conceal

All lovely strewn and golden haired,
with eyes both blue and sharp

Her face a lovely countenance,
my light now through the dark

She looked at me dismissively,
and feigned a smile weak

As if to say without the words...
you fall short of what I seek

She’d heard the rumors in disbelief,
and got up to turn and leave

I followed to where her mother stood,
and with her help did I then plead

I said that night to myself alone,
that if one thing I shall do

I will marry this girl with the golden hair,
as God has made so few

A lifetime now passed, then half again,
she still looks at me that way

Not hiding the love she feels inside,
until my dying day

No words then gleaned or ever built,
for feelings such as these

My pen now empty and eyes stare blank,
at what my heart can only see

To love her once was not enough,
yet no more was I allowed

My chest so small for that so big,
her golden hair my cloud

If I was blessed with just one wish,
and knew it to come true

Just one more day with golden hair,
—whose love so fine and new

(Villanova Pennsylvania: Written November 19th, 2011)
On My Wife, Kathryn's, Birthday- 2/17/2016


Scheme XX XX AB XB XC AC XX XX CD XD XX XX XE FE XG XG XX XX XH XH XE FE XG
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 1110111 001010111 1101001 111110101 110001 1111111 011101 010001001 111101 111110111 101101 11010101 111101 01010100 111101 11111 01011 11110101 1111111 11010001 0111101 110110101 01011111 11111101 1111111 11101110101 111111 01111101 1111111 110011101 011101 11111101 110111 111100111 11111101 11011101 1111101 11111111 010111 11111111 011111 11111101 111101 0100101001011 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,501
Words 291
Sentences 2
Stanzas 23
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 46
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 52
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 17, 2016

Modified on March 19, 2023

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