Analysis of To My Newborn Child

James E. Spurgeon Jr. 1986 (New Jersey)



To my newborn child,

So sorry if your mother and I haven't talked in a while
Not seeing eye to eye was the way we saw it
But trust, if it was up to me, things in this way wouldn't be
Truly, I pray and hope you get to see and know me for your very own
I fear that what I don't condone is the catalyst for us to know the unknown
The invisible divide, dividing I outta life
But I saw it on the horizon
No lying, I tried to deny it
God got it though, that's why I wrote this writing
I love you, for you are me
My hope for the future is that you'll see
And with much love and blessings, I wish you peace.


Scheme X XABCCXXAXBBX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 110111001101001 110111101111 111111111011101 101101111101111101 11111101101001111001 00100010101101 111110010 110111011 11111111110 1111111 1110101111 01110101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 588
Words 130
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 12
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 228
Words per stanza (avg) 65
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Written on November 21, 2020

Submitted by EhyehAsherEhyeh on October 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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