Analysis of Our Things
Our Things ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
Nov. 27, 2021
Looking around at my various treasures
My home so replete and so full
Of objects of glorious measures
My brain starts to ponder and mull
When eons have enveloped my days on earth
And soon from this life I’ll depart
Will these things in my life bring joy and mirth
Or just break a loved one’s heart?
For those we love and hold so dear
Loved us, not our charms nor our jewels
They loved our laughter, our quirks our quips and hugs
And perhaps when we acted like fools
But assuming they’d want what we worshipped and loved
Displayed proudly on walls or on shelves
May very well be a burden to them
And only treasures to ourselves
It’s always a gift to leave a piece of yourself
When the corporal body departs
Things that were precious and special to you
May not be what they need in their hearts
Give freely while alive of your treasures galore
To those who love them too
Donate to help those more vulnerable
To charities earnest and true
For the greatest gift you can leave behind
Is neither tangible nor gilded in gold
But the memories of love you engendered
In the minds of the young and the old
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 101011 1 10011110010 11101011 110110010 11111001 11010101111 01111101 1110111101 1110111 11110111 11110111010 11101010110101 001111011 101011111001 011011111 1101101011 010101001 11011101101 101001001 1101001011 111111011 110101111001 111111 111111000 11001001 1010111101 11010011001 10100111010 001101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,159 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 28 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 458 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
About this poem
Reconsider leaving all your treasures to those you love as what you love, they may not.
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Written on November 27, 2021
Submitted by shulman.gary on November 27, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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