Analysis of I have a loving hope



I remember being asked in school
what did I believe
I'd want to be when I grew up?
I've had several answers over the years,
but none save one,
have I ever received.

I answered first...
I wanted to drive a fire truck.
I did drive a dump truck, a trailer truck,
a backhoe, a front end loader,
a taxi cab, a bus, a tractor,
and my rusty, antique, Chevy pickup truck.

I answered next...
I wanted to be an entertainer.
Well I did play the piano, danced a lot,
played guitar and bass,  and I was a singer
on stage with some famous ones,
money was good but that's all I got.

I answered next...
I wanted to be a U.S. Marine.
I did, I went around the world, I had time at sea,
fought the War in Vietnam; what my eyes did see.
Marched a lot, lost good friends, and was blamed.
After it all I came home again...a former Marine.

I answered next...
I wanted to be loved.
There was Jeanne, there was Alma,
there was Nancy, there was Claudette,
there was Janet, and there was Annette.
The LOVE of God found me: I am Blessed.

Now I'm getting old...I finally have the family,
the one that was missing as I grew up.
There is Luke, there is Anna, there is Hope,
there is Shelly, there is John, there is Marty,
there is Eric, there is Stephen, and so many
Grandchildren, in whom I have a loving hope.


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Poetic Form
Metre 101010101 11101 11111111 1110101001 1111 111001 1101 110110101 1110110101 0101110 010101010 0110011011 1101 110111010 11110010101 10101011010 1111101 101111111 1101 110110101 1111010111111 10100111111 101111011 101111111001 1101 110111 1111110 11101101 111001101 011111111 1110110010100 0111101111 1111110111 11101111110 111011100110 1001110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,245
Words 254
Sentences 24
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on October 09, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:17 min read
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Lucian Tower

I began writing Lyrics, short stories, and poetry some 43-years-ago. When I was in high school, during the 60s, I met the great Robert Frost. He spoke to me about my real elementary attempts at writing and poetry. He took some time with me, after assembly hall and told me to not stop writing. Now, that I have been around the world as a USMarine, and have lived through 2-years of the Vietnam War, I still am writing. Now at 63-years-old, I am enjoying being on Poetry.com with you all. I was born 12/21/1948, in Worcester, MA. There I began trying to write lyrics at 5-years-old, on my Grandmother's piano -- this has been a life-time ambition/Hobby for me. I live now in Gallatin, TN, and I am disabled/retired from the vietnam war.This is how I move around and, hopefully, meet others of like mind/spirit. I am mostly American Indian and 4th Generation Irish in the USA. My poetry are moments, which I've seen, and lived during my life. I believe allpoetry are photos, or glimpses into moments of life. Styles have changed over the years, and it is in reading/listening to others' poems that give poets ideas and imaginations to build their own style. This is who I am, as a man, who simply loves the written arts/preforming arts. Keep on writing!Lucian Tower. more…

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