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 |
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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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