Analysis of Two Months



Yesterday I made a mistake and looked at the date,
It scorned my rare blissful mood and evoked my lonely fate.
I’ve been grappling the darkness for too long it seems,
Because now even you only patron my dreams.

You’ve invaded my thoughts day in and day out,
And that night is all I can think about.
The anxiety I felt at the gas station as I sat,
 With the weight of the world, my hat.
The room loud from the clock’s sharp chyme,
As you ran out of time.

I analyze my last moments with you, when I have time to spend,
 Wishing somehow, I could’ve changed your story’s end.
Your mind was clear, your body betrayed you,
There was nothing anyone could do.
I watched as you slipped away,
Only two days before your birthday.

Did you hear the words I read?
My voice was weak, and you were shaking in bed.
Thoughts like these keep me awake,
That paper took everything from me to make.
It haunts me that I cannot express to you my gratitude,
For all the generosity you gave with great magnitude.

It’s been exactly two months since I talked to you last,
You told me to keep going despite the dark cast.
The pain like smoke lingers, making it still feel like yesterday,
But as you would say, yesterday is yesterday and today is today.


Scheme AABB CCDDEE FFGGHH IIJJKK LLHH
Poetic Form
Metre 101100101101 11111010011101 111001011111 011101101011 10101110011 0111111101 001001110110111 10110111 01110111 111111 110111011111111 101111111 1111110011 11101011 1111101 10110111 1110111 11110101001 1111101 1101101111 11111100111110 1100100111110 1101011111111 111111001011 01111010111110 1111110110001101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,271
Words 273
Sentences 16
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 6, 6, 4
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 190
Words per stanza (avg) 46

About this poem

This poem was written in response to my grandmother's death. I had been struggling with it more than usual last week and then I looked at the calendar and realized that it had already been two months. That's what pushed me to write this poem.

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Written on February 10, 2024

Submitted by Kristen.mueller on February 10, 2024

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