Analysis of caregiver's lament



Feet up
Time to relax
Okay
Naaaaan!
Yard work
Start to cook
Me time?
Naaaaaaan!
Cleaning
Now dressing him
Rest now?
Naaaaaaaan!
No end
What about me?
My turn?
Naaaaaaaaaan!


Scheme ABCDEFGDHIDDJKDD
Poetic Form
Metre 11 1101 1 1 11 111 11 1 10 1101 11 1 11 1011 11 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 172
Words 37
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 8
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 135
Words per stanza (avg) 30

About this poem

After 4 years of being a 24 hour/day caregiver for my husband I felt I needed to express what its like for me and my fellow caregivers.

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Written on June 01, 2022

Submitted by nanrobison on June 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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