Analysis of Fair Warning
Little one, cooing and gurgling,
stop in your restlessness
and listen to my musings.
As I gaze into those eyes,
I cannot help but think
that those will be the only feature
that time will not affect.
Though your body will weary,
though your brain will crumble,
those shiny orbs will stay to watch
the sad deterioration.
Your chubby limbs flail
as if you see the long trip there,
the long trip that in the end
will seem so short.
So sit and let the drool run down your cheek,
sublime and blithely free.
I will carry these burdens for you,
and when you are grown,
you will carry them for me.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPHQRH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101100100 101100 0101110 1110111 110111 111101010 111101 1110110 111110 11011111 0101000 11011 11110111 0111001 1111 1101011111 010101 111011011 01111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 462 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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