Analysis of DEAR DAD



brothers and sisters listen.
Our dad,
The head of the table.
Dwells in my room every night,
He undresses me everyday
He smiles and promises to be gentle
A promise that leaves me buttered inside.

Aunt,
Your brother
Calls me his solace.
He tells me to be calling him Thomas.
He plays games that makes me forget who he is,
When i say no, he talks about my fees.
Instead my legs gaps to make him pleased.

Mom
Please don’t slap me i am not insane!
There is something about Dad.
Yes your husband
I owe him no respect,
The pot bellied man, Mr Thomas!
He craws and spews all love words on me,
At night our legs interlock.
He tells me to open up and fear no one
And strongly warns me to zip my mouth when he is done.

Dad
Fear my tears
Look me in the eyes and see the mist
Show love as a dad please
Not as a husband i plead.


Scheme ABCXXCX XXDDXEX XXBXXDXXAA BXXEX
Poetic Form
Metre 1001010 101 011010 10111001 111101 1101001110 0101111001 1 110 11110 1111110110 11111101111 1111110111 011111111 1 111111101 1110011 1110 111101 011011010 110111111 1110101 11111010111 0101111111111 1 111 110010101 111011 1101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 830
Words 191
Sentences 13
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 10, 5
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 157
Words per stanza (avg) 42

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The poem talks about a little girl being raped by her own father. She tries to tell her brother and sisters, auntie and her mother but no one dares to believe

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Written on December 27, 2022

Submitted by YousefAlfil on December 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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