Analysis of Déjà Vu



On the pages of my mind
I bring the past alive
A stroll down memory lane
To help treasured memories survive

Following forgotten footsteps
Through an open door
To a place so familiar
I’m inclined to restore

Trying to recall
The why, when and where
Just what lead up to
My being there

A memory just out of reach
Think, think, think
No matter how much I try
My brain out of sync

A memory so vague
I barely remember
Elusive details
I’m trying to render

Was it something I said
Or something I heard
Something there I’m certain
Something I value for sure

But what if
A memory of much more
Something else
Just beyond that door

Possibly in a previous life
A life I once knew
Prompting this feeling now of
Déjà vu

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Scheme XAXA XBCB XDED XFXF XCXC XXXX XBXB XEXE X
Poetic Form
Metre 1010111 110101 0111001 111010001 1000101 11101 1011010 101101 1011 01101 11111 1101 01001111 111 1101111 11111 010011 110010 01001 110110 111011 11011 101110 1011011 111 0100111 101 10111 100001001 01111 1011011 111 10110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 728
Words 143
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 66
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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DanceOfThePoet'sPen

Guess you could say I'm a self taught poet. I started writing poetry as a means of dealing with the emotions of finding my Birthmother's obituary and grave site after searching for 10 years. I continued writing and over the course of the last 20 years I've become comfortable in how I write. You'll notice I tend to write a lot about nostalgia and old memories. Hey, when you round the corner of 60 years, you start thinking a lot about the past and where you've been. One of my subjects I write about is love, but I try to write of other things too. I've lived on the south shore of Massachusetts for all of my 64 years. But I love all of New England. Aside from writing poetry, I also love photography and have quite a collection of old antique cameras. Baseball, football, muscle cars and car shows are also some of my interests. Not too crazy about Winter. Spring & Summer are my favorite seasons. more…

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