Analysis of Letters. Photographs. Memories.
Letters-
Folded ever so gently into two neat halves,
With every word crafted out of that unconditional love,
With every funky doodle and smudged lips prints,
color of a carrot -that awful lipstick we used to steal
from mom's make-up drawer-
Are mine to keep forever
Photographs-
Class pictured dressed in white and brown uniforms,
With you sitting in the front row like a sunflower
in the middle of the field, bright and innocent.
Family portraits, recitals, shots with our dog in the snow
and us being inseparable-
All mine to keep forever.
Memories-
Passed midnight conversations about boys,
Piano played together in four-hand pieces by Bach,
Juvenile fights, accompanied by red noses and embrace upon resolution.
Your face! Gorgeous yet serious, relaxed yet fearless,
kind and remarkably honest-
All mine to keep forever.
Letters. Photographs. Memories.
All that is left from you, my Sister!
All mine to keep forever...
Scheme | xxxxxxa xxaxxxA bxxxxxA baA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 101011001111 110011011101001 110010100111 10101011011111 11111 1111010 10 1101010110 111000111010 001010110100 1001001011101001 011001000 1111010 100 11010011 01010100111011 10010100111000101010 1110110001110 10010010 1111010 1010100 111111110 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 899 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 3 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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