Analysis of She Follows
She follows her down yonder path
filled with sunshine and morning light,
content to walk on the same path
exchanging looks of sweet delight.
The day wears on, they take a turn
one's steps fall behind the other;
the distance grows, the young one knows
there are new paths to discover.
Her pace quickens to breathe fresh air,
the gap grows wider as it should;
distinct paths forward for each one,
she would not change it if she could.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11001101 1110101 10111011 01011101 01111101 11101010 01010111 11111010 01101111 01110111 01110111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem while thinking about my changing relationships with my teenage and soon to be teenage daughters.
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Written on May 11, 2022
Submitted by michocki on May 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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