Analysis of Grandma's House, in Winter
Come, up the railing
past the bird houses long since empty.
Through the front door
greeted softly
by the Christmas tree from 3 years back.
Next to it, along the wall
a beat up piano
found for cheap at a garage sale.
Through the dining room
crystal glasses, gold candelabras
family photos stacked on shelves
rom coms play dully on tv
candies placed in glass dishes.
Take a left, to the room
romance novels
dog-eared pages
feather comforter
obituary print outs
gold plated jewelry stacked around
lives once lived.
A long fur coat hangs in the hall closet
filled with shoes and throws.
Pastel perfume bottles line pink walls
every shade of nail polish found
in the bathroom drawer.
Come now, to the warm kitchen
where supper simmers on the stove.
Fresh bread from Bernie
beers in the fridge
warm meal welcomes passerbys.
Scheme | XABAXXXX CDDAD CDDXDEX XDDEB XXAXD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 11010 101101110 1011 1010 10101111 1110101 011010 11110011 10101 101011 1001111 1111111 1010110 101101 0110 1110 10100 010011 110100101 111 0111100110 11101 010110111 100111101 0011 1110110 11010101 11110 1001 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 826 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 7, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
This poem is a tour of my grandma's house, an ode to a life long-lived, and a tribute to a moment in time.
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