Analysis of Memoirs of a Time Well Spent
When the clouds of gray
have stopped,
clogged with rain,
emotions are chopped
into the words of the slain.
Why do the weary weep?
When all they are is tired,
tired of counting sheep
to keep from being wired
on an addiction so clean:
the way white doves fly free.
Where do the words cease to exist?
Beyond the plains, reality must exist
to give me a reason to stay
and fight another day,
even though all of my doves
have flown away.
Who has the right to take you?
Steal you away from the breath of life
to leave us crying like fools.
only God himself has the right.
but this time by far,
God himself has inflicted this scar.
How can I put this simply?
You were taken away too soon,
beneath the rising sun
and the setting moon.
Simply, you fell like
rose petals onto concrete
on that dreary day
turning into ashes
as you slowly slipped away.
Scheme | ABCBC DEDEXF GGAAXA XXXXHH FIXI XXAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 11 111 01011 0101101 110101 1111110 101101 1111010 1101011 011111 11011101 010110101 11101011 010101 1011111 1101 1101111 110110111 1111011 10101101 11111 101101011 1111110 10100111 010101 00101 10111 1101001 11101 100110 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 844 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
"Memoirs of a Time Well Spent" was written in loving memory and honor of Tiffany L. Weir (1993-2007). May she rest in eternal peace.
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