Analysis of Gone in Thirteen Years
When she was but a tot,
a chubby little bundle of dread and joy,
I’d asked God to watch over her,
and her angel came and sat down with mine;
I knew he was there,
I could feel him.
Now with pomposity and flaunting,
her angel is vanished,
and mine seems to leave at thirteen.
She’s here but my baby is gone,
and I asked heaven to bring her back.
I’d do anything to be with my angel again.
Flesh is for the worms,
but a cultured mind creates delightful recollections, perpetual.
Today, the whole world nurtures my child,
and the house has more volume; it echoes our voices.
If she doesn’t listen to God’s voice through mine
She’ll be a feast for all of society.
Scheme | XXXAXX XXXXXX XXXXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 01010101101 11111100 0010101111 11111 1111 11100010 010110 01111111 11111011 011101101 111011111001 11101 10101010100100100 010111011 00111101101010 1111011111 11011110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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