Analysis of A Poem Of remembrance
Sitting here among the honored
On this hollowed day
We take the time to remember them
And the lives they gave
They’ve stood for freedom throughout the world
Giving all they had
Someone’s son or daughter, sister, brother
Perhaps a mom or dad
Now they lie with honor beneath Old Glory
A symbol for the free
As I sit here, I feel so honored.
That they’d give their lives for me.
So, I’ll try each day to live a life.
Worthy of the cost
Knowing freedom isn’t free.
In its name men’s lives were lost
I guess right now It’s all have.
These few heartfelt lines
That I might write here among these soldiers
Who for me gave their lives.
Scheme | AXXX XBXB CCAC XXCX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 10101010 11101 110110101 00111 111100101 10111 111101010 010111 11111001110 010101 111111110 1111111 111111101 10101 101011 0111101 1111111 1111 1111101110 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 645 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
I wrote this on veterans’ day of this year. A cousin and I were hanging out and eventually found ourselves at the veteran's cemetery outside of Redding, California. I sat on a bench for a while, then a few lines started coming to me. This wasn’t the easiest poem I’ve ever written but it is my honest attempt at conveying how I feel for the soldiers that lay down their lives for our freedom.
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