Analysis of At the Gravesites



Your gravesites are beautiiful
It represents who you were, and now, your souls
I cry, hoping you hear me
I want to talk to you, I can't let you be

I don't want to just see the gravesite
And see the Grounds Keeper in the sunlight
I don't want to just see you in the photos on the marker
I don't want to sit alone when it gets darker

I don't want to take pictures next to yours
Regret, not wanting to leave, wanting you, it just pours
I want to conversate with you two
Do my words and thoughts go to you?

I miss you two so much
I want to be able to feel your touch
I hold you close, and even closer at night
And hope when I look out the window, it's your Light

It's still feels like yesterday you died
It's so real, years have passed, and I've cried
I'm very sorry and full of sorrow
I've wasted all the tomorrows

At your gravesites, notes with tape aren't enough
I should've known what was...your love
I'm crying over the things I should've said and done
Even though, I feel you two heard my apologies, my tears still run


Scheme XXAA BBCC XXDD EEBB FFXX XXGG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 1111 1011100111 1110111 11111111111 11111101 010110001 11111110011010 111110111110 1111110111 0111011101111 1111111 11101111 111111 1111101111 11110101011 011111010111 11111011 111111011 1101001110 1101001 1111111001 1101111 1101001110101 10111111101001111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,025
Words 210
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

I regret what I should've said to my grandparents

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Written on August 12, 2022

Submitted by pinkblackpoet on August 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jenni Bailey

I've been a writer since childhood. I write nonfiction, meaning, I write about my life struggles and experiences. more…

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