Analysis of Grandma's Kitchen Table



Standing in a chair, watching my Grandma
prepare the evening meal, brings back fond
memories from my childhood.
If I close my eyes I can recall aromas of
biscuits baking in the oven, southern fried
chicken on the stove, cakes and cobblers
cooling on the table.
Every night the family would gather around
and enjoy a hot home cooked dinner, while
reminiscencing about the day's events.
Grandma's table served different functions
though out the day.
Sometimes as a prep table, sometimes as a
meeting place for friends, but always as
a study center for nightly homework.
Even now when I visit her home, I love
to sit at the table run my hands over
the well preserved wood. Still a gathering
place for family and friends, memories run deep.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLLMNDOPQ
Poetic Form
Metre 1000110110 010101111 100111 111111110101 10100010101 101011010 101010 1001010011001 0010111101 1010101 110110010 1101 01101100110 10111111 010101101 10111100111 11101011110 0101110100 111000110011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 718
Words 129
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 590
Words per stanza (avg) 129
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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