Analysis of Taken
——————Taken——————
Memories forgotten, all gone so soon
As darkness approaches mid afternoon
Not recognizing family so near and dear
Now being confused with that look of fear
She’s talking about loved ones, now long gone
Conversation is the same, like a repeat song
Emergent frustration, unsure and doubt
And when speaking, her thoughts will not come out
We talk and I think, you’re still the same to me
Then from nowhere I know it’ll never be
Sundowning emerges as shadows appear
When I speak, all I get is that blank stare
Looking back, it is now easy to see
We tried to deny it, I know it was just me
She is still there, we won’t let go
But we lost her so many years ago
Scheme | XAABB XXCC DDBX DDEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 1000101111 110010101 11001001101 1100111111 1100111111 01010110011 0100100101 0110011111 11011110111 111111101 10101101 1111111111 1011111011 111011111111 11111111 1110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 720 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
My Mother in Law passed away three years ago at the long term care facility , we experienced first hand what a terrible disease Alzheimer’s can be. Please enjoy!
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