Analysis of Home Sweet Home

Diane E. Mody 1969 (Staten Island, NY)



A house is built with walls of stone; a 'home' should never be...
It's built with love, faith & hope; the 'walls' are you & me.
United by marriage, divided in love, just sharing the same space...
'walls' were drawn that you won't see and I just can't erase.
No happy thoughts, no hope or faith, no nights of pure elation...
since a storm of selfishness blew through and tore up our foundation.
If a 'house’ falls down, a 'home' should stand strong, with materials made from feeling...
One definite way to destroy it is with the construction of a ceiling.
I believe in family, I believe in love, I believe in fun & laughter...
I, also, believe that one day I'll find my "Happily ever after."


Scheme AABBCCDDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 01111111011101 11111101111 01011001001110011 1011111011101 110111111111010 10111001101110010 1011101111101001110 1100110111100101010 1010100101011010110 110011111111001010
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 692
Words 137
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 51
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 512
Words per stanza (avg) 127

About this poem

I wrote this, in 1992, at the age of 23, as my new marriage was crumbling.

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Written on 1992

Submitted by Diane3869 on May 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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