Analysis of This Boy I Know
Daniel Millard 1976 (Medford, OR)
I do not want to be this boy
Who shakes inside
He's got not joy
You think that he's cute
But not to him
He's stupid - ugly - full of sin
I want to be the man I see
Sometimes when I glance at me
I do not want to look for long
The hurts too deep
It's far too strong
I want to pretend it's gone away
I'll be someone new today
Who is the real one
How do I know
How will I get there
When will I grow
| Scheme | AXAXXX BBCXC DDXEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 1101 1111 11111 1111 11010111 11110111 0111111 11111111 0111 1111 111011101 111101 11011 1111 11111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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