Analysis of To My Grandmother
I store you inside me
under a blanket of pearls
They lie strung together
as my history unfurls
Each one to unstring
when I need it the most
Your wisdom translucent
your memory my host
You loved me before
I ever knew who I was
My freedom you shepherd
reaching down from above
Though years have grown distant
they forever remind
Of your goodness and blessings
—Oh Catherine of mine
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
| Scheme | XA XA XB CB XX XX CX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 1001011 111010 111001 1111 111101 110010 110011 11101 1101111 110110 101101 111110 101001 1110010 110011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 417 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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