Analysis of Two Days Before



Two days before
we spoke.
Two days before
I saw you.
Two days before
I should've seen it.
The way you set it up;
you threw the perfect party,
(with the last of your money).
You told us how you loved us,
apologized for everything-
and anything,
(through slurred, drunken words).
You tried to prepare me,
told me to look out for the kids.
I should have seen it coming.
I could have told you that
it's okay.
That you had nothing to apologize for.
I could've told you that I'm not ready to look out for the kids,
I'm not even able to look out for me.
I could've prevented it.
I should've prevented it.
And believe me,
if I could start all over tomorrow,
I'd only remember to tell you
I love you
two days before.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101 11 1101 111 1101 11011 011111 1100110 1011110 1111111 010110 010 11101 111011 11111101 1111110 111111 11 1111010101 1001111110111101 11101011111 1000101 1100101 0011 111111001 110010111 111 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 708
Words 158
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 535
Words per stanza (avg) 138

About this poem

I lost my uncle July 6th of 2021, I had just celebrated the fourth with him.

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Written on March 18, 2023

Submitted by abbym.75261 on April 27, 2023

Modified by abbym.75261 on April 27, 2023

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