Analysis of A Dollar For Sunday



I’m watching Saturday morning cartoons
Sitting close to the television to hear them better
As you play “He Walks With Me.” on your tiny
Grand piano
But, I don’t mind guessing the cartoons plot
Because you’re singing is so much sweeter.
I grew up and moved on,
My paper dolls were still under the tv covered in dust.
Occasionally I’d call
Just to hear your voice
18 years pass
Hoping you’d still remember it was me
I always thought of you, and wonder when I’d see you again.
Then there was the phone call, and you were gone.
You took a part of me with you but
How you raised me is all I need, with
Faith in Jesus, My first Bible you bought me,
Your prayers that covered me
And to always remember a dollar for Sunday.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101001001 1011010011110 11111111110 1010 1111100011 0111011110 111011 110101100111001 0100011 11111 11 1011010111 11111010111101 1110110101 110111111 111111111 10101110111 111101 01101001011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 735
Words 149
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 557
Words per stanza (avg) 138

About this poem

This is a poem in loving memory of my Grandmother who passed several years ago.

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Written on November 26, 2022

Submitted by gypsylynn.7303 on November 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Rebecca Lynn Bembry

I’m 39 years old and Reside in Tennessee, I’ve enjoyed writing for many years and have recently gotten back into it. I hope to inspire others as well as reach them on an emotional level. more…

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