Analysis of 2018/11/02 ~ Memories
Cheyenne Seaman 2003 (Philadelphia)
Grief-stricken and grief-ridden
And people think I'm fine.
Cousin, why'd you have to go
When you were only seventeen?
Those memories we shared
Those years ago in time.
People think I've forgot
But you've stayed in my mind.
We joked around, cut up, and laughed.
We talked and talked all the time.
It was as if we'd known each other forever
But it was only a year of our lives.
You were nine. I was seven.
We built towers and forts.
We thought we ruled the world,
Thought we could heal and hurt with our words.
Death's grip took ahold of you,
But nothing can take away
The memories we shared
From when we used to play.
If the dead could speak,
I'd ask you to tell me
Why you had to leave so soon
When you were only seventeen.
Darlin, I just have to ask,
Why couldn't you have stayed a little longer?
We coulda met one last time,
Made one last memory together.
Cousin, why'd you have to leave so soon?
All that's left of you are treasured memories
Held so dear and near my heart
Ne'er to leave like you did so suddenly.
Scheme | axxB cdxx xdex axxx xfcf xghB xede hxxg |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 1100110 010111 1011111 11010101 110011 110101 101101 111011 11011101 1101101 111111110010 11110011101 1011110 111001 111101 1111011101 1110111 1101101 010011 111111 10111 111111 1111111 11010101 1011111 11011101010 111111 111100010 101111111 11111110100 1110111 1111111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 986 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted by RoseofVenus on January 13, 2021
Modified by RoseofVenus on August 15, 2021
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