Analysis of Gun Of A Son
Maria Clavo 1958 (LA)
Maxson,
What are you packing?
Is it a gun?
Boy don't be so dumb
Put that thing down
Guns are for clowns
Come spend some time with me
I can show you peace and tranquility
You're almost twenty
Let me show you how life can be
What you see when you're in the movies
Is how I feel you've been acting
Son, please momma don't want you packing
Hang with family, they'll guide you right
Just don't be a pistol packing
Graveyard stacking
Son of a gun
When you're supposed to be out having fun
| Scheme | ABACDEFFFFGBBHBBAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 11110 1101 11111 1111 1111 111111 1111100100 1110 11111111 111110010 11111110 111011110 111001111 11101010 110 1101 1101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 465 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 375 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
About this poem
A parent not wanting their child to be caught up in today's society so the parent tries to offer support hoping it'll keep the child off the wrong path
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Written on November 24, 2018
Submitted by SheShe on July 22, 2021
Modified on May 01, 2023
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