Analysis of Etched in My Heart
In the quiet depths of sorrow's embrace,
A brother's absence leaves an empty space.
Gone from sight, yet present in my heart,
His memory lingers, never to depart.
How I miss his smile, his gentle grace,
The warmth of his embrace, his loving face.
But though he's gone, his spirit still remains,
In whispered echoes of our shared refrains.
In moments still, I feel his presence near,
A whispered breeze that brushes away my fear.
For though he's gone, he'll never truly part,
He lives forever etched within my heart.
Scheme | AABB AACC DDBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 001011101 0101011101 111110011 11001010101 111111101 0111011101 1111110101 01010110101 0101111101 01011100111 1111110101 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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