Analysis of A Lonely Grave



Roses wilted and rottened.
Deadly silence broken by heavy rains.
A lonely grave in the graveyard,
Waited for a rose.

Winds blowed, and skies changed.,
From blue to grey,
It rained and snowed.
A lonely grave in the graveyard
Waited for an old friend to come.

Hollow sounds,
Frosty breeze.
Every breath,
 A glimpse of distant hope.
Perhaps, the time has come,
For an old friend to visit,
For a warm hand to fondle the soil.
Perhaps, they'd leave a rose.

A lonely grave in the graveyard,
waited.
But no more.


Scheme axAb axaAc xxxxcaxb Aax
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (35%)
Metre 101001 1010101101 0101001 10101 11011 1111 1101 0101001 10111111 101 101 1001 011101 010111 1111110 101111001 011101 0101001 10 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 509
Words 112
Sentences 13
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 8, 3
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

A melancholic poem about an abandoned grave waiting for a visitor. I wrote this one when I was grieving the death of a close one.

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Written on January 20, 2020

Submitted by soumiabookaholic on October 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Soumia BENREKIA

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