Analysis of My Real Father
Remembering my Grandfather
forgetting my Dad
Wanting to be near him
paternal influence bad
He loved without question,
his smile blocked the sun
And without his embracing
—my life on the run
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA BB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100110 01011 101111 0101001 110110 11101 0011010 11101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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