Analysis of A Day Death Can't Take Away
I'll put a photograph in my heart
And lock it away
So that even in old age, and grey
It won't wither away
Even the loss of sight
Won't make me afraid
Of losing that image
In my heart, locked away
If my brain decides to shred
Every memory I have, including today
I won't worry
It's safe, in my heart, locked away
No man, job, institution, or life's trifles
No matter the suffering, I'll smile
For what’s dearest to me, I'll never give away
It's safe in my heart, locked away
Even death, I'll bargain one plea
Before I leave, just for a second, that's all I'll need
That photograph I've kept in my heart locked away
Is a Photo of you.
Us, this day and occasion
"I do's and love you too's"
Tears, I wish to remember
One day, standing with an angel
A kiss, I'll forever savor
A skipping second, from memories worn
I put it back in my heart
So this day is never gone.
Scheme | abbb xxxb xbcB dxbB cxb xxde xexax |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010011 01101 111001101 111001 100111 11101 110110 011101 111111 1001001101001 1110 11011101 1110101110 110010011 101011110101 11011101 10111011 0111110101111 11011011101 10111 1110010 110111 1111010 11101110 01101010 0101011001 1111011 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 891 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
A love poem, describing ones extensiveness to preserve a moment of true love.
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