Analysis of My dad
Seashores empty…
Strolling through the sand
Washing warm, the waves of memory
Here from where I stand
Whitewash sails
Jetting in the distance
Reminiscing fondly
Of my loving dad
He loved to sail
Longed to be free, to fly
I saw it, like seagulls
Lofting up within his eyes
Although, worry in mine
With waters so deep
Fatherly arms surrounding
Keeping me close to his seat
Capturing the rhythms of the breeze
He yelled to taking stern command
And harnessing it onto canvas
All with steady hand
It was a wonder to behold
As he became the wind
Upon the water
Or did they… become him?
In awe
We cut through wave
Like the glorious whales
He to a vessel, commendeering brave
Here, upon vastly open seas
Far…...far...beyond the break
Was the young boy inside my dad
Just beginning to wake
He died, after that summer
Hence, solace and serene
And here alone I stand missing him painfully
Hoping, that it was not all just a dream
Scheme | ABAB CXAD XXXX XXXX EBXB XXFX XGCG EHDH FXAX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (44%) |
Metre | 110 10101 101011100 11111 11 100010 01010 11101 1111 111111 11111 110111 11001 11011 1001010 1011111 100010101 11110101 010011010 11101 11010101 110101 01010 111011 01 1111 101001 1101011 10110101 1101 10110111 101011 1110110 110001 010111101100 1011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 891 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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