Analysis of My Heart a Safe Space
I love the music of a lecture next door-
The safety of dry feet,
In from the cold.
A shared bowl of popcorn,
A cranberry scone,
A legacy of dreams had and told.
When someone I love asks me how I’m feeling,
Or the chirp of am email
From an old childhood friend.
It brings joy to my heart,
A compliment to my art,
I’ll never need validation again.
I’m loved when my mother
Demands my attention.
Sacred Being,
I receive her smile gently.
The aroma of incense burning,
Safe within my boyfriend’s warm bedroom
His taste in art and literature,
His off-center, love-laced poetry,
His hands over mine protectively.
I am safe like a ground squirrel
In a hollow Douglas Fir,
I woke up in this space,
Trickling streams
Of unchartable grace.
Love does the work,
We chose the pace.
Scheme | XXAXXA BXXCCX DXBE BXDEE XDFXFXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101011 010111 0101 01111 0101 010011101 1111111110 1011101 11111 111111 0100111 110101001 111110 011010 1010 1010110 001010110 1011111 110101000 111011100 111010100 11110110 0010101 111011 101 111 1101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 792 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
During a trip to the mountains, I found myself worrying, missing home, feeling afraid. This poem made me feel better.
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