Analysis of The missing part of Me



Your words do not come out right,
your expressions speak a thousand.
You was suffering.
I was being selfish.

Preferring you around,
although I knew you felt helpless.
I apologise for not reaching
for the part of me that's selfless.

My vase is without flowers since you left.
It seems I had no power over your death.
I wasn't ready to have you around less,
you are the missing part of me.

Strokes took over,
followed by dementia.
The loss of your left side
then unable to remember.

I think of you daily not only during September.
I would set myself alight to put you back together.


Scheme XXAX XBAB XXXX CXXC CC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 10101010 11100 111010 010101 1111110 111110 10111110 1110110111 11111101011 11010111011 11010111 1110 1010100 011111 10101010 11111011010010 1111011111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 586
Words 127
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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In Memory of G.R Whitehouse (Grandad)

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Submitted by J_M_PERRY on January 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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