Analysis of The Father That Lived
Her tear fell into her glass
As she watched the planes crash.
Her husband, her only daughter's father,
Worked in those towers.....
And now he was gone.
"Mommy? When will Daddy be home?"
The little girl asked her crying mother.
Tears pouring,
She could hear her neighbors mourning,
The little girl didn't know what to do.
Wait! What did the TV just say?
20 survivors?
Could the beloved father be among them?
PLEASE say yes!
Oh my GOD!!!!!
They said his name!
But as the family celebrated, the rest of New York, and the country, weeped.
This poem is dedicated to all the families who suffered when their loved ones died during the terrorists attack on Sep. 11, 2001. Please pray for them. Also pray for the Islams, who are stereotypically labeled.
| Scheme | XXABXXACCDXBXXXXD X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110101 111011 0100101010 10110 01111 10111011 0101101010 110 11101010 0101101111 11101111 010 1001101011 111 111 1111 1101001000111100101 11011000110100110111111001000111111110110111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 728 |
| Words | 133 |
| Sentences | 19 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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