Analysis of Lawrence, my son
A son is but a budding seedling
which from the father tree it grows.
Blooming, stretching, up and forth
the only way he knows.
This tender sprouting seedling
will battle natures fright.
Baring the odds, of changing seasons.
Thriving to conquer his fathers height.
Now as these seasons, turn into years.
and this seedling is no longer a sprout.
Still standing in his fathers shadow,
thinking he knows what life is about.
So this massive youth which from
the father tree had sown.
Still yet looking toward the image
from which he was cloned.
Knowing now the time has come
to branch out on his own.
Trying to create his own shadow,
for a seedling he has sown.
Scheme | ABCBADEDFGHGIJKLIJHJ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (45%) |
Metre | 011101010 11010111 1010101 010111 1101010 110101 100111010 101101101 111101011 0110111001 11001101 101111101 1110111 010111 111001010 11111 1010111 111111 10101111 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 637 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 521 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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