Analysis of That Old Rug
My family adopted
that old rug when I was five.
Back then, he and I
were fellow dreamers.
Always up
for my sporadic adventures.
Always willing to fly me away,
to a place that usually involved
lava.
My family took pictures
during our vacations.
That old rug had memories
of its own.
Like a toddler
with unwashed cheeks.
Harboring stains and scars
once loathed, now
looked upon with memories
of better days.
My family grew cold
one Christmas Eve.
That old rug was a warm friend
for that lonely boy.
The lonely boy who
didn't want to commit to pajamas.
Or socks.
After long trips away
from home,
it was always a charming reminder
to my toes, speaking softly,
"Welcome home."
My family didn't have much,
but mom liked to dream.
We’d pretended we were
rich, like we'd pretend
during Halloween.
That old rug bore
the worst of it.
The exquisite embroidery
humbly placed under our feet,
whose shoulders we stood upon
to impress the Jones's.
My family adopted
a new rug when I went to college.
That old rug was
worn and ragged,
so Pa rolled it up.
“Was he happy?”
I thought, embracing
my old friend in the end.
The smell of spring picnics
filled my nostrils one last time,
“I think he was.”
Scheme | Axxbcb dxx bxexfx xxex xxgxxxx dhfih xxfgx xx ixxx Axjacixgxxj |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100010 1111111 11101 01010 11 11010010 11011101 1011100001 10 1100110 1010010 1111100 111 1010 1011 100101 111 1011100 1101 110011 1101 1111011 11101 01011 1011011010 11 101101 11 111010010 1111010 101 11001011 11111 101010 11101 1001 1111 0111 01000100 10110101 1101101 101010 1100010 011111110 1111 1010 11111 1110 11010 111001 01111 1110111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,233 |
Words | 278 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 5, 2, 4, 11 |
Lines Amount | 53 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The poem captures a childhood in the shadow of a marriage that was supposed to last forever.
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Written on April 18, 2020
Submitted by noeljbass on April 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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