Analysis of Waves

Melody Martinez 1986 (Texas)



Grief, like the ocean vast and wide,
Comes in waves, a relentless ride.
One moment calm, then the next a storm,
A heart once whole is now torn.

The waves recede and they flow,
Bringing peace, then delivering a blow.
With each wave a memory crashes,
In my mind lightning flashes.

For each wave that pulls us down,
Also bears us up or we drown.
So I’ll let the waves come and then let them go,
Let them carry me high and then low.

A moment to breathe, to remember, to mourn,
To gather the strength to face the morn.
For in their rhythm, a healing song,
A reminder that, in time, I’ll grow strong.


Scheme AAXB CCDD EECC BBFF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 11010101 10100101 110110101 0111111 0101011 1011010001 111010010 0111010 1111111 10111111 11101101111 111011011 01011101011 110011101 101100101 0010101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 601
Words 133
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

I’ve been an emotional roller coaster since my daughter passed away, so this is just my experience of how grief comes in waves.

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Submitted by Melody.martinez86 on March 25, 2024

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