Analysis of Disruption
Chris Purdom 1969 (Bremerhaven)
You were a disruption when I brought you home.
Such a tiny ball of fur
That would grow into a big ball of love.
Your puppy cries, your inevitable oops, and
trying to be tough with your puppy growl that intimidated no one.
I had to change when and how I lived to accommodate you.
My life was completely different than before you yipped your way into my life.
We played, walked, and slept the days away.
You passed away yesterday.
They say you crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
Today, I am without you for the first time in a decade.
I got up early to take you out to go potty,
You no longer need to go potty.
I grabbed your bowl to give you breakfast,
You are no longer hungry.
I sit down, unable to process your absence.
My arm instinctively goes to pet you
As it has done so many times in the past
You are not there to comfort me.
I miss you but I hope you are not missing me.
I still love you and can’t imagine the hole
In my heart ever being filled again.
My day isn’t complete without you insisting on dinner time,
Going on walks on the perfect autumn day
Your tail wagging vigorously as you sniff every new sniff from yesterday.
Curling up with me to watch nightly television,
Escorting me to bed.
You disrupted my life when you arrived and
Have caused even more disruption now that you are no longer home.
How do I adjust my life without you in it?
I don’t want to because I want you in it!
I love you.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10001011111 1010111 1110101111 110110100010 10111111011010011 11111011110101 11101010010111110111 111010101 110110 1111011 011101110110001 1111011111110 111011110 111111110 1111010 11101011110 1101001111 11111101001 11111101 111111111101 11110101001 0111010101 111010110101101 10111001101 1110100011110011110 101111110100 100111 10101111010 1110101011111101 111011101101 11110111101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,439 |
Words | 313 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 2, 9, 8, 3, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
The loss of a pet is significant. I was thinking about the pets I have lost since 2018 (4 dogs, 2 cats). I don't know why I was thinking of Annie, Amanda, Cubby, Pookie, Oliver, and Hefner but I wrote this thinking of them:
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Written on November 11, 2021
Submitted by cmp9969 on November 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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