Analysis of "Lost"
Jolene Frahm 1954 (Iowa)
When I went away I was a boy.
Now I'm a man!
Where did the years go?
To drinking, drugs, Why?
Had to chase the monsters away!
Needed to rid myself of the memories;
memories of war!
I lost friends, lost pieces of me!
Now, how can I or will I ever get them back?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 111011101 1101 11011 11011 11101001 1011110100 10011 11111011 111111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
About this poem
A veteran friend inspired this writing.
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Written on June 02, 2018
Submitted by jolene_f on February 28, 2023
Modified on April 11, 2023
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