Analysis of The parental ghost
you were similar to a ghost in my life
i knew the fact: you’re existed
but that’s all, nothing more; than just
time to time heard your voice on the phone.
conversation we had they’re were weird,
the swinging feelings back and forth,
i felt when you spelled out all the stories
that happened in your life before.
it’s like there isn’t “get to know you better”
but nonetheless there still some hidden under wraps
i felt it then
i know it now.
calling you “dad” had a lack of sincerity
my voice did not felt like mine spelling that.
not always though but in times,
i wish i tried saying it more often in my life.
the day we met on the corner of your street-
was like i had all that complete
that crumbled puzzle in my head,
when missing pieces making your silhouette.
i’ve had that not for long
my puzzle being solved, my incompleteness seems be gone
and all at once i had these things
i’ve lost the main one-is you.
and in the instant of a nothing,
the puzzle lost itself idea
and now it’s empty lonely something
and yeah, it’s solved but it’s just pieces
thats craving meaning now the most.
Scheme | AXXX XXXX XXXX XXXA BBXX XXXX CXCXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10100101011 11011010 11110111 111111101 01011101 01010101 1111111010 11001101 1111111110 10111110101 1111 1111 101110110100 1111111101 111101 1111101110011 01111010111 11111101 11010011 1101010101 111111 11010111111 01111111 1101111 000101010 010101010 011101010 011111110 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,134 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
poem about my dead father, who i wasn’t close enough in my life. and even after it seemed that we were finally onto something i lost him
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