Analysis of Sweet Firefly



You are gone,
but in my dreams.
I watch you dancing barefoot
across the dewing grass,
with one of grandma's jam jars.
You are catching fireflies.
Your sweet laughter ripples
as you add each golden
bug to the jar.
My laughter joins yours
and I reach out to
hug you.
The dream fades too quickly,
taking my breath away.
The tears come streaming
down my face as I realize
you are still dead.
The morning sun
falls upon the dusty jar
still sitting on a shelf
beside my bed.
Later I will take those jars
and fill them with fireflies.
I will pretend you are dancing
beside me once again
My Sweet Firefly,
Do they have fireflies in heaven?

Imagination had to write a poem about dying and fireflies


Scheme XXXXABXCDXEEXXFBGCDXGABFXXC B
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1011 111101 010101 111111 111010 111010 111110 1101 11011 01111 11 011110 101101 01110 1111110 1111 0101 1010101 110101 0111 1011111 011110 11011110 011101 1110 11110010 00101110100110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 662
Words 129
Sentences 11
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 27, 1
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 273
Words per stanza (avg) 65
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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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