Analysis of A Stone’s Ripple on Water
A Stone’s Ripple on Water
By Bess Terrell
Solitary solace is my partner today
People don’t seem to remember
My husband passed away
Their lives seem so normal
They laugh, smile, joke, go on with life
A reflection of my loss never crosses their face
How can my loss have no more impact on them
Then a stone’s ripple on water
Having experienced the rippling of the water
I know the passing of the stone
Has permanently changed the character of the water
Am I the only one who realizes this?
What kind of world do we live in
When the life of a person
Leaves the remaining world
Visibly unchanged
Our culture is so good
At burying grief and pain
We can go on from day to day
Appearing unchanged
Only those of us
Who have experienced the rippling of the water
Know, feel, understand there is a difference
Once the stone has rippled the water
Scheme | AB CACB XXXA AXAX XXXD XXCD XAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110110 1110 10010111001 10111010 110101 111110 11111111 0010111101011 11111110111 10110110 10010001001010 11010101 11000101001010 11010111001 11111110 1011010 100101 10001 1010111 1100101 11111111 01001 10111 11010001001010 1101110100 101110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 816 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The poem is a eulogy to John who forever changed the world of everyone he touched.
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