Analysis of A Father to His Son
Watch your ways my son
Be careful not to fall
Listen to your heart
Only you can hear it call
Now, I'm not always right
But I'll never steer you wrong
And those going to hell
Will want to bring you along
But listen to me boy
And listen to me clear
There's nothing in this world
That you should ever fear
For fear leads men to hate
And hate leads men to kill
Because when evil gets a taste
It will never have its fill
Now this one thing I know
There are many nets to cast
But in this wicked world
Love is all we have
So give more than you take
And take only what you need
You will starve your appetite
If you feed it with your greed
And don't judge what is broken
My son, you are broken too
You see, lives are all just pieces
Find the ones that fit in you
Scheme | ABXB CDXD XEFE XGXG XXFX XHCH AIXI |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11111 110111 10111 1011111 11111 1110111 011011 1111101 110111 010111 110011 111101 111111 011111 01110101 1110111 111111 1110111 101101 11111 111111 0110111 111110 1111111 0111110 1111101 11111110 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on October 31, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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