Analysis of 2021/02/17 ~ Patty
Cheyenne Seaman 2003 (Philadelphia)
Liebling, stop, and smell the roses.
Don't go through life so fast.
It's been three years: how I miss you so!
Your face and memories are fading into the past.
The waters between us; how they churn!
It's been too long my beloved sister.
Not dead, but so far away:
Just out of reach beyond the impassible river.
The face of a cherub, a heart of gold.
My confidant, a head of blonde curls.
A dark blue and dark green eye;
So curious and sweet in a big cruel world.
I guess you'll be turning sixteen this year.
How it pains me that I won't be there.
I pray twenty-twenty-one sees you through
And you'll always remember how much I care.
I saw the clouds today and thought of you again.
Remember that old trampoline and watching clouds go by?
Or curling up in bed with me 'cause you were scared to be alone?
Baby girl, don't give up: reach for the stars in the sky.
I hope you ain't lost your simple charm;
Your love and zeal for food and life.
As I write, tears long to shed and fall
For the years between us will be at least another four or five.
Darling Sister, dear beloved one,
My Caterpillar, look into the sky.
If you ever think of me with love,
Just know, in spirit, I'm always standing by.
There's so much left to do, much left unsaid.
I pray my leaving has not filled you with hate
For I know not what lies have filled your sweet head.
When we reunite, I hope it won't be too late.
A river will always flow, connecting me and you.
Someday you'll see I had to go, it's what I had to do.
You may not believe my words, but I swear to you they're true.
Just know, my precious Caterpillar, I will forever love you.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXCX XDED XCXC XXXX XCXC FGFG EEEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (78%) |
Metre | 100101010 111111 111111111 1101001100101 010011111 111110110 1111101 1111010110 0110100111 11001111 0110111 110001001101 1111100111 111111111 1110101111 0110101111 110101011101 0101101010111 1101011111011101 1011111101001 111111101 11011101 111111101 1010111111010111 10101011 110010101 111011111 1101011101 1111111101 11110111111 11111111111 11011111111 010111010101 1111111111111 11101111111111 111101001101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,669 |
Words | 316 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted by RoseofVenus on March 03, 2021
Modified by RoseofVenus on August 15, 2021
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