Analysis of My Life Has Just Not Been the Same

George Cook 1934 (Lanarkshire)



My life has just not been the same
Since that so so sad sad day
When God so softly called your name
And you went with Him to stay
Each day, though it’s a different one
My feelings I can’t disguise
I still have sadness fill my heart
And tears that fill my eyes

Till we meet again


Scheme ABABXCXC X
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 1111111 11110111 0111111 111101001 1101101 11110111 011111 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 283
Words 59
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

The poem reflects my thoughts and feelings on losing my dear wife.

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Written on April 01, 2019

Submitted by on June 11, 2022

Modified by on June 11, 2022

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George Cook

I was born, grew up, and worked in Scotland. I got married in July 1960 and migrated to Australia in 1965 under the then Assisted Passage Migration Scheme. For nine years in Scotland, 1956 to 1965, I worked for a large photographic company which also operated in Australia. I worked there until 1994 when I took early retirement. By this time the children had all grown up it gave my wife and I the chance to think about going ‘back home’ to visit relatives and relations. We did in fact have three visits 1998, 1999 and 2000. My wife and I shared our lives and times together for the rest of 58 years and four months when, sadly, my wife passed away in hospital. more…

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