Analysis of Lie Down on Me
I wait for you in the moonlight
In the quiet of the night
Within this room that holds
So many moments of your life
The dreams you've dreamed
Still linger here
Between these flower-papered walls
That look beyond the window
At the Autumn leaves that fall
A quilted robe lies draped across
A wicker rocking chair
That held you and rocked you
When grief
Was more than you could bear
A bassinet now empty
Where once a baby slept
Remains enshrined
Chained to a time
By the million tears you wept
A picture of a handsome man
With you there by his side
A bride and groom so in love
With stardust in their eyes
Stands behind a pane of glass
Within a gilded frame
Where your lip prints and
finger prints
On its surface..still remain
And now...
I hear your slippers
As they slide across the floor
And I hear...
Your laboured breathing
Outside this bedroom door
And I know that soon
I'll hold you
Here in this flower-papered room
And soothe your old
And frail body
In the light of a silver moon
I...your old companion
An antique Rosewood Bed
Let me hold you...Mary Beth
I..the best friend you've ever had
Let me hold you through the night
And bring you back...again
Sweet Mary Beth
Into the morning light.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111001 0010101 011111 11010111 0111 1101 01110101 1101010 1010111 01011101 010101 111011 11 111111 01110 110101 0101 1101 1010111 01010101 111111 0101101 11011 1010111 010101 11110 101 11101 01 11110 1110101 011 1110 11111 01111 111 10110101 0111 0110 00110101 11010 10111 11111 1111101 1111101 0111 1101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,152 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on June 14, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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