Analysis of Haunting



Am I
to be
ghost

because I already died
or
because I hang on

live on past,

past that one moment
the old times froze,

past that one moment
creating, in passing,

Am I to haunt
this new house,

or am I
to move from room to room,
playing where nothing existed before…

I breathe
              − onwards, beyond,
everlasting −

I do not sleep,
for this naked house
is magnificent


Scheme axx xbx x Cx Cd xe axb xxd xec
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11 1 0110101 1 01111 1 111 11110 0111 11110 010010 1111 111 111 111111 1011001001 11 1001 010 1111 11101 10100
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 372
Words 73
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 9

About this poem

This poem waas originally written In Dutch (my mothertongue) and read out on the funeral of my mother, who died (also liberated) five years ago from Alzheimer's disease.

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Submitted by JohnLoopstra on September 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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