Analysis of You
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
halfway through a bottle of wine,
I say farewell,
you lovely lady,
harbinger of grace.
like petals dancing
in a gentle breeze,
you flit away.
melancholy veils
my inner shores,
as you depart,
to dwell where echoes sleep,
where fickle clocks collapse
in endless slumber,
and vows of remembrance
eternally seep.
in your goodbye,
whispers beckon forth,
reminding me
that time remains relentless,
because in your absence,
memories retire,
lost in the depths
where ocean's tears descend.
and as I watch you fade
into the night,
my spirit weeps,
bereft of your embrace,
though bound by distance,
across eternal chasms,
your radiance will forever
leave its trace.
goodbye, beautiful soul,
sweet lady of fond dreams,
my wish is for destiny
to guide you to a tranquil rest,
while I, with mournful eyes
and heavy sighs,
will tend to the memories
you've left behind.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNKOPCQNRSTUVWDNDMDXYCZ1 1 F2 |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011 111 11010 10011 11010 00101 1101 1001 1101 1101 111101 110101 01010 011010 01001 011 10101 0101 1101010 010110 10001 1001 110101 011111 0101 1101 011101 11110 010101 11001010 111 11001 110111 1111100 11110101 111101 0101 1110100 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 872 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 39 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 680 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 143 |
About this poem
This poem is a farewell message from the speaker to a loved one. Halfway through a bottle of wine, the speaker bids farewell to this lovely lady, whom they describe as a bringer of grace
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