Analysis of By a tree branch in Salazaar

Michelle Villamin 1983 (Camiling Tarlac)



Papa said ?" You'll see your older brother soon."
     I can smell this distinctly old moldy nickel smell
I can smell my papa's body slowly rotting in the open casket viewing
There I was 9 years old pinning my black square pin as a symbol of a death of a love one
It was October, there I was crying non-stop thinking to myself my papa is gone?
The only person that I had was gone...

Then when I was 14 years old I search for he's grave it was a nameless tomb by a tree branch
I felt he's presence near by

May my Papa rest in peace


Scheme XXXXAA XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 10111110101 1111010110101 1111110101000101010 1111110111110101011011 110101111011101111011 0101011111 111111111111101011011 1111011 1110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 533
Words 109
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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