Analysis of My Searching Begins
The house is now quiet,
the children have gone
My beard they’ve left ruffled,
as memories grow long
With trains and dolls scattered
where last they played
Their love remains buried
inside of the maze
The cupola harkens
a last candle there burns
As the attic sits waiting
for the toys to return
The old house is silent
but deep from within
Their laughter still hides
—and my searching begins
(Thanksgiving: November, 2016)
Scheme | XX XX XX XA AX XX XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110 01011 111110 110011 110110 1111 110110 01101 00101 011011 1010110 101101 011110 11101 11011 011001 10010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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