Analysis of Scrapbook Memories



A tattered scrapbook of memories.
The pictures are
pasted at odd angles,
some are turned upsidedown.
Tilted like kites out of control.
A collection of muddled love.
I worked on this book for months
cutting and pasting.
Glittering images of our love
on flowered lacy paper.
When did everything change?
I thought I did everything right
but now all the pages are a mess.
I light the match and wait
for your reaction to the flame.


Scheme ABCDEFGHFIJKLMN
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 01011100 0101 101110 1111 10111101 00101101 1111111 10010 1001001101 1101010 11101 1111101 111010101 110101 11010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 412
Words 76
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 341
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dee Edgett

I am a 60 year old womam, married 42 years. Live on a farm in Canada. Mother, grandmother. Love to write. Poems are a new adventure. I have had story stories and articles published. more…

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