Analysis of The Longest day of my life

Tonya Richardson 1968 (Mississippi)



My name is Rose and I am 38 years old.
My life is full of mystery and stories untold.
When I was eight, I was happy, never scared.
For what my future would hold, I was not prepared.
It was a normal day, just like any other.
I was in the kitchen with my mother.
I didn't understand how or why.
I was really scared when Mom started to cry.
She was my sister, she was my friend.
I didn't understand why her time here had to end.
Now she is in Heaven, high in the sky.
She's wearing wings and learning to fly.
Her soul is happy, her soul is free.
Heaven is a wonderful place for her to be.
Since she can't be here with me.

In loving memory,
Jennifer Ellen Lindsey
February 26 1974 - November 8 1977


Scheme AABBCCDDEEDDFFF FFC
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111 1111110001001 11111110101 111101111101 110101111010 1100101110 11001111 11101111011 111101111 110011011111 1110101001 110101011 011100111 101010011011 1111111 010100 1001010 100010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 709
Words 158
Sentences 16
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 15, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 263
Words per stanza (avg) 71

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It’s about the day my baby sister died

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Written on February 26, 2016

Submitted by Athomentexas2002 on July 23, 2023

Modified by Athomentexas2002 on July 25, 2023

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Tonya Richardson

I’m a 54 year old married mother of 2 daughters. I suffer from severe anxiety and depression. Poetry is my way of coping. more…

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