Analysis of First Told



I didn’t seem quite old enough
Barely more than a child myself
When I was first told
I didn’t know quite what to say
Hell, it didn’t seem that long ago
I used the words myself
It didn’t seem that long ago
I called him daddy
And there was a special lady
I called my mom
Now here I am
Not yet sure of who I am
About to be called the same myself
Not knowing how to handle the feelings
The joy, the amazement, the wonder of it all
I never felt such a thing
Never felt so, so unworthy
Or had such a sweet song to sing
As when I was first told
How can one such as me
Be blessed with someone like you
It’s something I’ll wonder all my life
It’s a day I’ll never forget
When your mother
First told me about you

NOTE*** This is from my CD A Father’s Love Letters
To listen to the CD please visit
http://www.reverbnation.com/#/mikehamill


Scheme XABXCACDDXEEAXFGDGBDHXXXH XXF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 1011011 11111 1111111 11111101 11011 1111101 11110 01101010 1111 1111 1111111 01111011 1101110010 010010010111 1101101 10111010 11101111 111111 111111 111111 110110111 10111001 1110 111011 1111111010110 1101011110 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 818
Words 169
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 25, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 319
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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