Analysis of Lassie



I stand before you after all these years
Amid the ocean brine with misty tears
On these old banks above the Fundy Bay
With all those words I never got to say

Wild daisies spread themselves across your grave
Where lies the fallen marker that I made
When I was but a child and new to  death
In Grief so deep it nearly took  my breath

That broken house still sits above the bay
Now weathered by those many stormy days
Those years we walked along that rocky shore
Those years you saw me safely to my door

And now that I am old I do believe
You where an angel God had sent to me
                         ...

In Loving Memory


Scheme XXAA XXBB AXCC XD D
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110111 0101011101 111101011 1111110111 1101010111 1101010111 1111010111 0111110111 1101110101 1101110101 1111011101 1111110111 0111111101 1111011111 1 010100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 605
Words 119
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on June 14, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Elaine C. George

Not to be confused with other poets by the name of Elaine George, I am Elaine Cecelia George, born on the 27th day of November in the year 1946 in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.   (Violin, Snowflake, A Winter Rose, From my Porch, The Love of a Gentleman, Where the Heart Resides, One Regret, The Tide of Time, and the Promise of Spring), have been published in various books and magazines and school books.  Some are being used as teaching tools for poetry classes offered on websites, most without my permission, nonetheless, I am honoured. One  poetry website has given credit to another Elaine George from England for my personification poem, 'SNOWFLAKE.  I have asked them several times to correct this, but it still remains unchanged. Since 2006, in addition to my books of poetry, I have had several short stories and A book entitled, 'Earthbound Angels made of Stone, A epic story written by me in a collaboration with The Canadian Photographer, Darren Creighton. I am currently writing a historical fiction thriller entitled, Out of the Darkness. I hope to have it completed before the year end. more…

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