Analysis of My Brother and I



My brother, the artist, the one with fame,
next to him my artwork is not close to the same.
his notes of music fill the air,
So wonderful that you stop and stare,
while my words spin circles round and round,
on their own they astound.

I look up to my brother with his talents,
Even when it’s not so easy to keep the balance,
He struggles and gets through when it’s hard,
and I keep myself on guard.
I’m not jealous, only amazed,
who in the world wouldn’t be dazed?

Hopefully I will stand by him,
and the light we shine will never dim,
he’ll be famous, have much glory,
and I’ll be the author of many a story.
I’d hate to be one of the others,
to have such examples from sisters and brothers.


Scheme AABBCC XXDDEE FFGGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1100100111 11111111101 11110101 110011101 111110101 111101 11111101110 1011111011010 110011111 011111 11101001 1001111 10011111 001111101 11101110 011010110010 111111010 111010110010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 688
Words 136
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kassandra M. Konecny

Kassandra Konecny is a lover of listening to music, hiking in the mountains, and observing the way people act. She began writing vigorously when she was fourteen and will hopefully never stop. She has had her fair share of trials lately, and tries to encompass nearly every subject there is to study into her writing. Kassandra plans to study creative writing and psychology. She's 17 and currently lives in Utah with her family. Contact her at kassandrakonecny@hotmail.com more…

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