Analysis of From My Journal
Caroline Shank 1946 (Chicago)
From Jim's Journal
I'm looking for my husband. He has
disappeared into some place inside
his mind, like a sea creature slides
into a coral bed.
Quick now, here he is for a moment
or an hour. Like a Robin bobs in
the yard, he is beautiful in his song
before he vanishes into the sky,
flying above or around me.
Are his pieces forever gone? Will
I find a kiss behind my chair meant
for me alone? Will my sorrow erase
the years of love?
I will be brave today. Tomorrow
I will be the coral he needs. A small
animal in a very large and
strange ocean. .
Caroline Shank
5.4.22
Scheme | X XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1110 110111011 01011101 11101101 010101 111111010 1110101010 0111100011 0111000101 10011011 111001011 110101111 1101111001 0111 11110101 1110101101 100001010 110 101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 5, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
M y husband had just died. I write poems quite a bit so this is why this entry is really a poem I am 75 years old. I live near Milwaukee, WI. I've been writing all my life. Thank you. For reading this. Caroline Shank
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Written on May 04, 2022
Submitted by caroline121946 on November 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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