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
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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Submitted by veilofsighs on April 23, 2024

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Meighan Leigh Freiling

Meighan is a poet living in the world. She earned a PHD in psychology but never lost her love of words. She has been published in The Green Heart Call, Word Riot and has one chapbook entitled Gravity. more…

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