Analysis of Saying Good-Bye
I woke up early that morning
it was the first time in years I was up before sunrise.
The house was silent, the kids left years ago and
they all have families of their own.
I recorded the show you like to watch and I made
your favorite breakfast pancakes with homemade strawberry syrup.
I cannot wait to see you, Jonathan
I miss your smile, laughter, sarcastic remarks,
and I miss your hugs and kisses.
I grabbed my coat and was out the door
I got into my car and drove to your home to visit you one more time.
Doctor Shapiro thinks it is unhealthy for me
to keep visiting you because I will never move on.
This will be the last time I see you.
I open the car door and walked toward the
entrance to your new home, I put flowers on the doorstep,
I looked down as tears began to slide down my face.
I grabbed the shovel from the trunk
so I could hug you one more time,
I just wanted to say good-bye; I just wanted to say good-bye.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRKS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110110 1101101111011 011100111010 111100111 1010011111011 11001011111010 1101111100 11111001001 01111010 111101101 110111011111101111 1001011101011 11100101111011 111011111 11001101010 1011111110101 111110111111 11010101 11111111 1110111111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 908 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 723 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 185 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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