Ghost
Morrigan Jones 2006 (Kilkenny)
Ghost
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See the sunlight streaming through
This leafy roof, made of yew
Hear the crow yelling at the sun
Under this ground I have become one
With the earth and the nature
My bones lie to rest
I sleep through time and I sleep through test
I hear the yelling of children at play
I hear the weeping of tears once kept at bay
I hear the vows of lovers no longer alone
I hear the rotting of sinew and bone
I cannot move, but neither do I want to
Taste the stale air that Death does sew
Between my coffin and the ground above
He watches over me with a parental love
Sleep; I sleep on, never to awaken.
For in that sombre home my life was taken
But I feel no sadness, I feel no pain
Death is much sweeter than the life where I was slain.
About this poem
I wrote this poem a long time ago, and honestly I really like it. It’s about a dead person, and their point of view.
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Submitted by morriganjones on February 01, 2023
Modified on April 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BBCCDEEFFGGBHIICCJJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 152 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
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