Analysis of Festas and Angels



Walking through the crowds
of happy people, full of smiles.
I looked around and felt like
I was young again, full of
wonder of things to come.

Children's eyes full of awe and
happy looking at the stalls
of toys and food and candyfloss.
Skipping and playing looking
good in their feasta clothes.

I looked around and stopped
and looked at this young woman
in front of me. I stared and smiled
as I looked into the face of a friend
from long ago.

But no it cannot be!  As there she stood
all young and fresh while here I was
not  young anymore.
She looked at me and smiled
and vanished into the crowds.

Who was she I shall never know
An angel or maybe a reminder
to call my friend of old?
Something to think about i'm sure
And yes I did give her a call.


Scheme AXXXX XXAXX XXBXC XXXBA CXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 11010111 1101011 1110111 101111 1011110 1010101 110101 1001010 10111 110101 0111110 01111101 1110101101 1101 1111011111 11011111 1101 111101 0100101 11111101 1101100010 111111 10110111 01111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 759
Words 165
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 30

About this poem

Last weekend on the Island where I live, we had our village festa, as we call it. And as I walked by I saw a beautiful woman who reminded me of a friend I had long ago.

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Written on October 26, 1953

Submitted by Pands on July 27, 2023

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Mercieca Alexandra

I had lots of poems on this site before but I can't find them now. So I now decided to try writing again. I have always loved writing and poetry actually I love all arts and find peace whenever I am writing or painting. Colours fill my life. I love reading, gardening, walking and music. I am happy to be here again. more…

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