Analysis of I Want You To Know



If I should die tomorrow, I just want you to know
Just how deeply you have touched my life
And how much you mean to me
To have been able to hold you during your first breaths
To have been able to watch you
As you’ve grown for these nine years
Is the greatest thing I’ve ever done
I was fortunate in my life
For I got to see you learn to crawl, to walk, to talk
To brush your teeth, even your hair
I was there when you first two wheeled
I was alive to hear you laugh so many times
I was able to hold you when you cried
I heard you read and learn to spell
As I’d watch you sleep at night
I knew I didn’t always do things right
There’s so many things I could’ve done better
I should’ve thanked God so many more times
For blessing me with you
I just want you to know I’m proud to be your dad
And should a time come that I’m no longer here
And you feel like you’re alone and need a friend
I want you to remember
There’s no space, time, life or death that can separate us
I will always be your dad no matter where I am
I will always do my best to help
And you must always try to do your best
To treat others like you and to be yourself
Cause you, just being you
Made my life so worth living

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


Scheme XAXXBXXAXXXCXDEEFCBXXXFXXXXXBX XXD
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111111 111011111 0111111 1111011110111 11110111 1111111 101011101 11100011 1111111111111 11111011 11111111 110111111101 1110111111 11110111 1111111 11111111 1110111110 111111011 110111 111111111111 01011111101 01111010101 1111010 111111111101 111111110111 11111111 011111111 11101101101 111101 1111110 1111111010110 1101011110 111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,301
Words 272
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 30, 3
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 506
Words per stanza (avg) 135
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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