Analysis of Another Urn
Death comes to us all, as the saying goes, but there lived a girl with her fair share of woes
She lived a life not dissolute, but not one of piety,
And only those of loyalty and integrity she did seek for society
And at a tender age, she met a man,
Who tempered her ambition and asked for her hand
But the fates would not tell her and too late did she learn,
That to her shelf she'd add another urn
Life moved on, as the world keeps turning,
No matter how the seas be violent, seismic, tidal bores churning
Achievement she sought and did so with zeal,
For it helped to quell the sleep demon's appeal
But her dark family history slowly let itself be known,
And Death's bending sickle, his seeds planted and sown
So with a weighted heart and tears that burned,
Were added to the shelf more and more urns
But soon she chose to seek the beauty in life,
To ride the waves of hurt and conquer the strife
And for that time she experienced joy and glee,
The sense of greater purpose and the flight of the free
Until the day of darkness, blood-stained hands,
Her brother's life ended by a hammer, a faceless man
She wrote him letters but never used his full name,
For only his initials could lessen some pain
And in the anguish inside her that repeatedly churned,
She placed on her shelf yet another urn
What followed was inertia, dissociation of time,
And she relished the punishment of suffering sublime
But in moments of passion and a belief in the soul,
She saw kindness around her, and great change was her goal,
Yet the rollercoaster world eventually tired her,
And it took more and more effort to move and inspire her
And when the time neared, for her own death,
A twist of fate resulted in her husband's last breath,
For a rewind in time, she did beg and yearn,
But placed on her shelf another urn.
Scheme | A BB CX DD EE FF GG HA II BB XC XX HD JJ KK LL MM DD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111010111101101111 1101111111100 010111000010011110100 0101011101 110001001101 1011110011111 1101110101 111101110 11010111001010110 0101101111 1111101101 1011001001010111 011010111001 1101010111 0101011011 11111101001 11011101001 011110100101 0111010001101 0101110111 01011010100101 111101101111 110101011011 00010010101001 1110110101 1101010001011 01100100110001 10101100001001 1110010011101 10100101000100 01110110110010 010111011 0111010001011 10100111101 111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,814 |
Words | 375 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
This is a poem about grief, loss, and guilt. It is intended to paint a picture of someone who cannot escape constant loss, and despite all her efforts, feels helpless in her attempt to find solace and peace.
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Written on March 20, 2022
Submitted by sircharlenesir on May 05, 2022
Modified on March 24, 2023
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