Analysis of "In Memoriam"

Allen C. Gary 1946 (Baltimore)



"In Memoriam Means In Memory
Into Memory That Day Was Cast.
When We Saw In The Faces Of Those Present.
The Faces Of That Past.

The Mind Mirrored Image Reflecting
A View Of A Nation Aghast
That Soul Searing Image Burned Deeply
A Forever Mark From That Blast.

In Memoriam Means In Memory
Into Memory That Day Was Cast
So Dire - So Grim - A Memory
So Fiery - So Deadly So Fast.

Our Thoughts Will Be Nightmares In Daytime
Souls Falling Fall The Skies.
While Those Memories May Dim
They Will Still Rise And Swim
In Tears Before Our Eyes.

In Memoriam Means In Memory
Into Memory That Day Was Cast.
Indelibly Marked As Pearl Harbor
And Permanently Pinned To Our Past.

Yes Our Thoughts Will Be Nightmares In Daytime
Souls Falling From The Skies
While Those Memories May Dim
They Will Still Rise And Swim
In Tears Behind Our Eyes

In Memoriam Means In Memory
May Their Memory Forever Last
May We See In The Faces Of Those Present
The Faces Of Those Past.

Allen Cameron Gary - 09/11/2001


Scheme ABcb xbab ABab deFFe ABxb deFFe Abcb a
Poetic Form
Metre 0110100 011001111 11100101110 010111 011010010 01101001 111010110 00101111 0110100 011001111 11110100 110011011 10111101 110101 1110011 111101 0101101 0110100 011001111 010011110 0100011101 110111101 110101 1110011 111101 0101101 0110100 111000101 11100101110 010111 1010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 986
Words 199
Sentences 11
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 1
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

Written on 9/11/2001 - as it unfolded in real time. The images numbed the mind. Now at 77 years old - a Vietnam Vet - I see what is happening to our constitutional republic as a threat greater than ground zero. Our nation must stand - again. -

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Written on September 11, 2001

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Allen C. Gary

Married: Wife - Betty. Two Grown Sons. Vietnam Vet. 77 Years Old. Writer. Children's Book Author. Native Marylander. more…

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