Analysis of Funeral Of Memories



As I journey into my Empty Garden,
on my way to dig another hole;
to bury these memories I keep,
which binds and burdens my soul.

I think of your smile,
and how it made me feel;
in my heart always knowing,
that together we could heal.

As sink my shovel into the sand,
to make the hole go deeper;
I know why nothing grows here,
because I am the only keeper.

I remember your words,
as the wounds turn to scars;
still bleeding within my heart,
I seek to lock behind these bars.

As I look around my Empty Garden,
I feel the desolation and misery;
memories of rejected despair,
here alone, I will always be.

My memory of arms around you,
holding each other so tightly, I see;
I shall place into this deepest hole,
it's survival, to keep it from killing me.

As I place this memory into the ground,
knowing I have lost my lovely friend;
I water the lonely dirt with my tears,
standing in the bitter wind of the end.


Scheme ABXB XCXC XDXD XEXE AFXF XFBF XGXG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11100111010 111110101 110110011 1101011 11111 011111 011110 1010111 111100101 1101110 1111011 011101010 101011 101111 1100111 11110111 1110111010 1100100100 100101001 1011111 110011011 1011011011 111011101 10101111101 11111000101 101111101 1100101111 1000101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 902
Words 178
Sentences 8
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on January 10, 2015

Modified on March 18, 2023

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Gabriel McBride

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