Analysis of Little one on my shoulders.



You’re up on my shoulders
And tugging my hair
And laughing
For all you hold dear.
And Daughter
I’d carry you anywhere
Delighting that you
Cling so near.
The sun is at apex
And waves wash my feet
And time has been
Frozen it seems.
Oh will you remember
When years pull apart
Our walks and our talks
And our dreams?
This Father is weeping
In spite of the joy
For blessings
Unearned in your smile.
And thinking the Father
Has carried me high
And kept me from harm
All the while.


Scheme ABCDEBFDGHIJEKLJCMNOEPQO
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 01011 010 11111 010 110110 01011 111 01111 01111 0111 1011 111010 11101 1010101 0101 110110 01101 110 01011 010010 11011 01111 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 478
Words 97
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 375
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Written on March 09, 2011

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 09, 2023

Modified on March 09, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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