Analysis of Thought for the day
It's funny how simple occurrences
can bring back memories of the past
A favorite song or certain sight
can put you in another time
Returning to a moment in your mind
of thoughts, some happy, some sad
some you're glad happened
some you wished never had
Each memory added together
totals to this moment
Next thought is to the future
not forgetting the past
Because the past is
the beginnings of destiny
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIHBAJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101100100 111100101 010011101 11100101 0101010011 1111011 11110 111101 110010010 101110 1111010 101001 01011 00101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 400 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 325 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
About this poem
This poem was composed for an old flame, as a Christmas gift in 1981. I had asked her what she wanted for Christmas, and she told me to write her a poem. Of course she interpreted it differently than I expected, and an explanation, and new poem were required. This poem was first published in 1996, in a compilation book "Fields of Gold"
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Written on December 15, 1981
Submitted by ubie58 on February 20, 2022
Modified on April 16, 2023
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