Analysis of Fatherhood
Born of naught,I sought to become,
one who'd acheived a certain sum,
of small success and even some renown,
I find myself old now,and,like a clown,
wear fake smiles to hide my tears.
regretting only wasted years,
of foolish self indulgence,I can't deny.
and forced to wonder how,and why,
those many dreams bore me no fruit,
and then remembered that I gave,
a worthy thought to mark my grave,
my children and their children too,
love me as I could never have hoped,
and I remembered far too late,
a father I have been,and can relate,
at that I have been a great success,
so victor,I,and damn the rest.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFGGHIJJKL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1110101 1101010101 1111101 1111111 01010101 11011101 0111011 11011111 01010111 01011111 11001101 111111011 01010111 010111101 111110101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 465 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
About this poem
I grew up dreaming of acheiving great things,and did none,save be a top dad.SUCCESS!
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