Analysis of The Joy I'm Without
I walked with Colby,
he never walked with me
His spirit to guide us,
his love in the lead
We circled the globe
a time and a half
His tail was my compass
to guide us steadfast
In all kinds of weather
we stuck to the trail
Under sunshine and rain
our forays prevailed
In May of last year
he collapsed on our walk
And with valor he tried
but his body would balk
Its been downhill since then
with him not knowing why
The knowing inside me
his neuropathy slide
I knew it was coming
as he struggled to stay
And he fought till the end
on this very sad day
As I looked in his eyes
for the last final time
Willing to give up my life
for his health to revive
The fates were against us
his clock had run out
The pain in his parting
—the joy I’m without
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November 9th, 2018)
‘Today, I lost The Best Friend I Ever Had’
Scheme | AA BX XX BX XX XX XC DC XX AD EF XF XX XX BG EG XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 110111 110111 11001 11001 01001 111110 1111 011110 11101 10101 101001 01111 1011101 011011 111011 111111 111101 010011 11001 111110 111011 011101 111011 111011 101101 1011111 111101 010011 11111 010110 01101 01001001011 01110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 837 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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