Analysis of FAR AWAY CAN STILL FEEL CLOSE (Poem #266)
Moving away from my family and friends.
Days are long, like having no ends.
So I sit and ponder just what can I do?
I think of ideas that are the usual few,
Sending cards, letters or a phone call;
There must be something else; it can't be all.
I miss their faces while I sit and think.
Then this idea comes to me in a wink.
I'll get a little book, the picture album kind,
Put in it pictures of family and friends I find,
Reminders then of birthdays and other dates;
To visit to a new home, a map inside waits.
A card with address and numbers of phone,
Now I look them up not feeling so alone.
Visiting, I update pictures or add a new face.
Not seeming far, I'm just at my home base.
© Copyright 8/1/1999 by Jean E. Gorney
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011110001 11111011 11101011111 1110101101001 101101011 1111011111 1111011101 11010111001 110101010101 1011011000111 0101110101 110101101011 011101011 11111110101 1001011011011 1101111111 1011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 706 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on March 02, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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