Analysis of Days before

Jessie Oxford 1968 (Coalinga)



My eyes fall heavy, heavy to the grey
The heaviness is over-bearing with more
and more to weigh

Smoke so thick, filling up my lungs
A song hoped to hear remains unsung
In the distance I struggle,
struggle on to see...see what lye's
ahead waiting just for me..

I pray for clearer skies
for the grey to turn to blue
for the weight to lift to less
to the life I once had knew

To the days before...
my world came crashing down
when smiles I wore
instead of this frown
when colors existed
highlighting the sky
when days where so much brighter
before we said goodbye...


Scheme ABA CXXCX XDXD BEBEXFXF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 1111010101 011101011 0111 11110111 011110101 0010110 1011111 0110111 111101 1011111 1011111 1011111 10101 111101 1111 01111 110010 1001 1111110 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 566
Words 114
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 5, 4, 8
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

The poem was published in July, 2013. It tells about a heart break and the feeling of losing some one they love.

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Written on July 05, 2013

Submitted by simpson.jessie49 on October 09, 2023

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Jessie Oxford

Jessie Oxford is a American poet who lives in California. Most of her work is shown on Allpoetry.com. more…

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