Analysis of For Your Sweet 16 ( for my sister Sharon)



For your Sweet 16

I give you my love

I wish you happiness and joy

And all of the above

I watch the years

come and go

And I thank the Lord for the blessing

To watch you grow

For your birthday I would do anything

I do not lie

If I could I would rope the wind

And pull down the sky

But, for your Sweet 16

I give you my love

I wish you joy and success

And all of the above

I could tell you how much I love you

Until my throat starts to blister

You will always be my angel

My darling little Sister.


Scheme a B x B x c d c d e x e a B x B x f x f
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 111 11111 11110001 011001 1101 101 011011010 1111 11111110 1111 11111101 01101 1111 11111 1111001 011001 111111111 01111110 1111110 1101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 474
Words 109
Sentences 2
Stanzas 20
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 19
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted on September 04, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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