Analysis of A long time ago....



A long time ago
I was lost in the woods
on a cold winter windy
night...

I was as cold as cold
can be..
with the cold
wind blowing all around me..

You must believe
what I have to say...

A old woman lived
in a house deep
into the woods...

She saw me from afar
she walked with a cane

With her strong hand
she lead me the way

Into her house I was
her two cats and her dog
they greet me at the door..

With a warm blanket
she covered my cold
body...

A warm bowl of soup
she gave me
and offer a seat...

She smiled at me
showing
only two front teeth...

The look in her eyes gave
me the creeps...

what came next
It hard to believe

As she was talking
she was rubbing her hands

She told me that her
cat name Eddie was once
a little boy and the other
cat name Marry was once
a little girl...

And that her dog name Troy
was once a little boy..

With a strange look
on her face
she said he needs a playmate...

She asked me my name..
Glady's I said...

She continue by saying
that she gave them a warm
bowl of soup on a cold winter
night and turned them into
two cats and a dog...

After hearing that
I knew
what I had to do...

I'm glad, I didn't eat the soup...

In fear
I dropped the bowl of soup
and ran as fast as I can towards
the door and never looked back...


Scheme XABX CBCB DE XXA XX XE XFX XCB GBX BHX XX XD HX IJIJX KK XXX XX HXILF XLL G XGXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (37%)
Etheree  (32%)
Metre 01101 111001 1011010 1 111111 11 101 1101011 1101 11111 01101 0011 0101 111101 11101 1011 11101 010111 011001 111101 10110 11011 10 01111 111 01001 1111 10 10111 010011 101 111 11101 11110 111001 11110 111011 01010010 111011 0101 010111 110101 1011 101 111101 11111 111 1010110 111101 11110110 101101 11001 10101 11 11111 11110101 01 110111 011111101 0101011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,195
Words 266
Sentences 20
Stanzas 21
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 1, 4
Lines Amount 60
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 44
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:20 min read
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Zoraida Rivera

Where can I start. I love to write..I received (A-) on my Journal Writing Class,.. when I went to study for my G.E.D...My poetry really started when I first wrote (Why Bother)...I wrote it for a guy that I use to date..My favorite flower is a Blue Rose..I use to roller blade in Central Park in Manhattan in New York City....I use to love swimming, I was a very good Diver..I love pretty things..I have flowers all around my bedroom..I wear ribbons on my hair..Now that I am older, I spend my time making jewelry, for fun...I write my poems.. more…

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