Analysis of Bitter sweet memories

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



You find yourself yearning
For times now long past,
But there’s no going back.

Painful memories of better times
That you once knew.

Your memories give you
Both pleasure and pain,
Yet you won’t live without them.

Painful memories of easy times
Before things went wrong.

All memories bring pain
Some bring pleasure too;
None bring only pleasure.

So you cling to sweet memories
As painful as they may be.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme XXX AB BCX AX CBX XX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 11111 111101 101001101 1111 110011 11001 1111011 101001101 01111 110011 11101 111010 11111100 1101111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 460
Words 80
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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