Analysis of Norman



Happy Birthday Norman,
I came with a cacti for you,
I will dance buck naked
in the living room

I will rub your birthday cake
All over my brothers face,
And put on mums slippers,
Whilst climbing up the fireplace.

I will sing ‘no more I love you’s’
at the top of my voice
and give you a present
that will never be your choice

I will sit and try
to make conversation with you
and you will smile at me
so over the moon.

But you see how odd a relationship is
Between daughter and dad
Its more colourful than sad

I will blow your candles out
And sing happy birthday
with love in my heart
And will never let your past keep us apart


Scheme XAXX XBXB XCXC XAXX XDD XXEE
Poetic Form
Metre 10110 11101011 111110 00101 111111 1101101 011110 1101010 11111111 101111 011010 1110111 11101 1101011 011111 11001 1111100101 011001 11111 1111101 01101 11011 01101111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 646
Words 144
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Written on November 19, 2022

Submitted by Emma.culley on November 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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