Analysis of Shadows in the Hall
Casey R Lyle 1973
Laying in bed at night and your voice I hear call,
I see you in every shadow in the hall:
Life's lessons you taught me echo through my head,
Love is the key to unlocking life is what you always said:
Shadows in the hall play tricks on my mind making see things that aren't real,
And as the thunder crashes and rain begins to fall your presence I do feel:
Wind blows through the house and makes a howling sound,
Even though I'm not in the water my chest is heavy and I feel like I may drown:
Memories are all I have to keep you here with by my side,
In my heart is a special place where they will always reside:
| Scheme | AABBCCDEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100111011111 11101001001 11011110111 11011010111111 10011111110111101 0101010010111110111 11101010101 101110010111100111111 100111111111111 01110101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 610 |
| Words | 133 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 474 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
About this poem
This was written a few days after my grandmother passed away.
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