Analysis of Lavender Ink (reposted)
Society sends the young ones, without fully saying why,
and having once been that young, I wouldn't even try,
there are times when go they must and it’s at those times then,
the few see all, so the many never see, the very worst of men.
Leaving home and my true love, then going overseas,
what always got me through it was, your perfumed gift to me,
I read your lovely flowing letters, written with such flair,
the writing with the perfumed ink, that you wrote to me with care.
At times I thought when sitting, on my grassy self made chair,
looking up to clear my eyes and lungs of the cordite in the air,
how we managed our humanity and what we used as our shield,
little was it mentioned amongst the others in the field.
There was a time when things came slow but I managed an epiphany,
the odor I smelled was merely the wind returning my smell to me,
three days without bathing or sleep were some hardships I could endure,
by holding your fragrance close and breathing words of lavender.
My shield was well concealed and worn closely to my chest,
and in those times of need, I would pull it from my vest,
it looked to some when using it, that I was in a prayers pose,
kneel'd and holding carefully the open envelope to my nose.
At mail call once our veteran sergeant didn't tease me with your letter,
giving me my mail from you silently as if he somehow, this time, knew better,
no fragrance now, the address with contents typed and bold,
I understand the reasons now but then it seemed so cold.
The years bring understanding and more perspective to my mind,
and I only wish to thank you, for being so very kind,
I will always remember fondly of your caring letters when,
you wrote to me of love and lavender ink flowed from your pen
Scheme | AABB XCDD DDEE CCXF GGHH FFII JJBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 010010110110101 0101111110101 1111111011111 01111010101010111 1010111110101 1111111101111 11110101010111 010100111111111 11111101110111 101111101101001 111010010001111101 10111001010001 11011111111010100 01011110010101111 1101101101101101 110110101011100 1111010110111 0011111111111 111111011110011 101010001010111 1111101001010111110 1011111100111111110 110101110101 1010101111111 01101001010111 011011111101101 111010101110101 111111010011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,711 |
Words | 328 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on March 10, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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