Analysis of Buried My Daughter
Buried my daughter 1 year today,
My lips have no words to say,
so I let my ink bleed on my notes,
the syrupy liquid encases, coats.
Like my tears, dripping from my eyes,
like when I fell in the shower, as she slipped through my thighs,
miscarried my poor little girl,
body rejected my womb's pearl.
I scrambled to my knees, afraid to touch,
I was scared the tiny thing would shrivel to dust,
her bloody face, her closed eyes,
I wondered if they were the color of the sky.
Buried her in the ground, in a coffin the size of a shoebox,
buried her with the hats I had made, the dresses, the socks.
My poor angel, lying in the crusty earth,
I hope you know how much you are worth.
I visit her grave every so often, and kneel by her cross,
I beg for her forgiveness, and plead to God of my loss,
I wet the earth with my tears, and place flowers on her grave,
My sweet little girl, you are so brave.
What color would your eyes be, your hair?
Sometimes I think I see you smiling there.
How happy your smile, do you like to play?
Or do you make faces at strangers to keep them away?
I buried my daughter one year today,
Wish I could bring her back here with me some way,
Hold her little hand, kiss her small face,
let her feel the warmth of a motherly embrace.
Oh, sweetheart, I buried you one year today,
my heart is too tired for my lips to say,
but I'll write down my ache and my love,
while you play in heaven up above.
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXCX EEFF GGHH IIAA AAJJ AAKK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 10110101 1111111 111111111 011011 11110111 11110010111111 111101 10010111 1101110111 111010111011 0101011 110110010101 1000010010011010 10010111101001 11101000101 111111111 1100110011001101 11100100111111 11011110110101 111011111 110111111 0111111101 1101111111 11111011011101 1101101101 11110111111 101011011 101011010001 1111011101 11111011111 111111011 111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,383 |
Words | 283 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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