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 |
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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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