Analysis of Siobhan



Siobhan
Where have you been girl?

Do you still tie your laces into a noose?
And do your friends still think you're a recluse?
Does your mother still cut your sandwiches into quarters?
And does your father still act dotingly over daddies only daughter?

Siobhan
Where have you been girl?

Have you heard the rain outside?
Do you still wear his old shirt and tie?
Dancing to the sounds of the dark
Are you still your daddies little spark?

Siobhan
Where have you been girl?

Do you still sing like Sinatra?
And woop when he walks through the door
Dropping his bags in the middle of the hall
His arms outstretched waiting for you to run
A loving embrace in the evening sun

Siobhan
Where have you been girl?

Do you still run upstairs in rage when your mother says no?
You ask daddy because he will let you go
He loves you but he knows
You will not always be a baby girl
And one day you must leave the nest
But your brilliance will never end

Does your mother still cut your sandwiches into squares?
Are your parents the only ones who care?

Siobhan left but is forever kept in her daddies heart
She she's his little spark.


Scheme AB ccxx AB xxdd AB xxxee AB ffxbxx xx xd
Poetic Form
Metre 1 11111 11111100101 0111111001 11101111000110 0111011110101010 1 11111 1110111 111111101 10101101 111110101 1 11111 11111010 01111101 10110010101 1101101111 0100100101 1 11111 11110101111011 11100111111 111111 111110101 01111101 11101101 1110111100011 1110010111 1111010100101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,082
Words 210
Sentences 17
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2, 2
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on March 26, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Tom Breakwell

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