Where Has The Time Gone?
The trees are green
There are no leaves yet to rake
Alive, and living
Grandpa sits in his chair
Where has the time gone?
The trees are brown
Falling, falling, falling
Leaves dead, but alive
Grandpa lays in his bed
Where has the time gone?
The trees are white
Nothing on them
Just white, and nothing
Beautiful, but cold
Grandpa goes to sleep
Where has the time gone?
The trees are green
The old leaves are gone
New ones have grown
Grandpa won’t wake up
Where has the time gone?
Where has it gone?
Where is it?
Where?
About this poem
I made this poem thinking about my grandpa I never met. The stories I heard about him and how he loved being outside. So I made this poem to feel like he’s always been here. Like he’s been here the whole time.
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Written on October 24, 2023
Submitted by tristandevine on November 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axbc D xbxx D xxbxx D AdxxDdxc |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 533 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 8 |
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