Analysis of Losing A Child
Losing a Child
Losing a child is pure hell
It rips your heart out.
It tears you down to your very soul
Losing a child
Threatens your sanity
It kicks you down to your lowest point
Losing a child
Makes you feel like you should be the one in the casket
Makes you so depressed that you wish you were dead
Losing a child
Makes you so angry at God and you shout at Him and ask "Why?"
| Scheme | A xxx Axx Axx Ax |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 1001111 11111 111111101 1001 101100 111111101 1001 1111111010010 11101111101 1001 111101101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
This poem was written five years after my son passed away at twenty-eight. Writing this poem opened the flood gates of grief I had experienced after losing my first-born child. This poem is also an expression of the grief I feel five years after losing my daughter at thirty-four.
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Written on October 22, 2012
Submitted by sharonc.96900 on October 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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