Analysis of Grandpa

DENISE FREEMAN 1978 (San Marcos, TX)



It's been so long since you've been gone,
not a day goes by that I don't miss you.

I only wish we'd spent more time together,
then I wouldn't have this empty hole in my heart.

You were like the father that I never had,
and part of me died the day I lost you.

I'm sorry that I haven't been out to see you,
but it hurts realizing that you're gone.

I kept looking for a guy like you,
kind, giving, loving, imperfect, willing to overlook imperfections.

I finally found a guy like you,
all you ever wanted for him to do is make me happy and he does, everyday.

I miss you, Grandpa, everyday, so very much.

The only comfort I can take is that I know you are watching over me.

I wish that you had gotten to see your great-grandsons grow up and turn into young men.


Scheme AB XX XB BA BX BX X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 1011111111 11011111010 111011101011 10101011101 0111101111 110111011111 111100111 111010111 1101001010110010 110010111 111010111111110011101 11111011101 0101011111111110101 11111101111111010111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 744
Words 151
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on April 22, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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