Analysis of The Anniversary



It’s your anniversary, no celebration though
This kind has no music, laughter or glow

It is unbelievably, now year number four
They no longer differ, that much anymore

Numerous are the days, since you left
Cancer has indeed committed, the greatest theft

The loss of you, is tough to bear
In my mind still, your voice I hear

Some days the sadness, becomes a cloak
Emotions are raw and bottled up, they choke

Pain fills my heart, blocking the light
Choosing joy is a constant, tiresome, fight

The tears still flow, more often than not
This wound is deep, the sorest spot

Life’s colors seem, much paler somehow
Everything is so incredibly, different now

The hurt is so distinct, always new
My love for you, still deep and true

Life without you, is far from the best
Each day filled, with hours of unrest

God You took him, only You know why
Strengthen us, until we reunite on high.


Scheme AA BB CC XX DD EE FF GG HH II JJ
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11010010101 1111101011 11010011101 1110101101 100101111 101010100101 01111111 01111111 110100101 01011010111 11111001 10110101001 011111011 1111011 1101111 101101001001 01110111 11111101 101111101 111110101 111110111 1010110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 909
Words 172
Sentences 2
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

Written in memory of my beloved nephew. Tristan Dillon on the fourth anniversary of his passing.

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Written on February 18, 2023

Submitted by nicole_w on February 18, 2023

Modified on March 30, 2023

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