Analysis of Graveside

Paul Sproson 1968 (Plymouth)



Surrounded by people I’m sat here alone
The silence of many their stories on show
Words are not spoken feelings are shared
The start and the end, life’s, are laid bare.

Calmness I feel my thoughts are of you
Sat here alone my memories are true
Reflections of sadness, grief and despair
Peace & tranquillity, float through the air.

The young and the old all come here to lay
Verses are written & forever displayed
No words can I find or explain how I feel
Deep from within my pain is concealed.

I know you are close, never too far away
Never forgotten that’s what the words say
Beside me you walk, you live on in our hearts
Still loved, still missed now we are apart.

I know you are not here as I tend the grave
This special place where we parted our ways
In heaven you reside until reunited one day.
Sat here alone, it’s all I wanted to say!
Forever missed, Forever loved, Never Forgotten.


Scheme XXXA BBAA CXXX CCXX XXCCX
Poetic Form
Metre 01011011101 01011011011 111101011 010011111 101111111 1101110011 0101101001 111101 0100111111 1011001001 11111101111 110111101 11111101101 1001011011 011111110101 111111101 11111111101 11011110101 0101010101011 11011111011 0101010110010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 901
Words 178
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 34

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I wrote this poem tending my dads grave

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Submitted by p_sproson on February 10, 2024

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