Analysis of He Says Goodbye
Ragen S. Rogers 1977 (Thousand Oaks)
He remembers her love
Looking at her so sad
Holding nothing above
The good times they had
Deeply in fact
He loves her so
Realizing he can't
Just let her go
Standing in front of her
He longs to ask her why
She left him in blur
Without saying goodbye
As he says goodbye
His eyes fill up with tears
The pain won't subside
After so many years
Standing there facing her
Being as strong as he can
Before finally removing her
Ring from her hand
Tells her he loves her
Needs her, misses her and
Putting nothing above her
In his heart she will stand
Just as the wind
Began to blow
They lowered her casket
Down into the snow
Then it came to him
The reason she is gone
Night and night again
This question carried on
It's because this happens
To so many alive
When friends let friends
Get high, drunk & drive.
| Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFGGHIJFKFLFMFLNDODPQRSTUVU |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101001 101011 101001 01111 1001 1101 10011 1101 100110 111101 11101 01101 1111 111111 01101 101101 101100 1011111 011000100 1101 10110 101000 1010010 011111 1101 0111 110010 10101 11111 010111 10101 110101 101110 111001 1111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 818 |
| Words | 156 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 36 |
| Lines Amount | 36 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 637 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 156 |
About this poem
This poem is not a fictional poem, but a poem I wrote on an experience I remember from high school graduation ceremony practice.
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Written on October 22, 2021
Submitted by RagenRogers on October 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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