Analysis of The Coldest Day
I never felt a colder day,
When I sat next to my dad's grave.
No matter what I couldn't stay
Warm but I just had to be brave.
I had to sit next to my mom
And Lorraine on the other side,
While all of the others would come
And sit behind us, as they cried.
Every inch of my body shook
Knowing that everyone was sad,
Because deep down inside it took
On God's earth everything I had.
My dad's twenty-one gun salute
With his flag given to my mom.
I heard every single gun shoot.
My ears were so cold they were numb.
Scheme | ABAB CDED FGFG HCHE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11010101 11111111 11011101 11111111 11111111 00110101 11101011 01011111 100111101 1011011 01110111 1111011 11101101 11110111 111001011 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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At my father's funeral
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