Analysis of Unknown Father
Jo Wooding 1970 (Auckland)
Born to be alive
Born to be free
Born to love
Born to be me
I may not know you
And you may not care
But its thanks to you
My existence is here
You don’t know I exist
I doubt you ever will
Im a peace with this
My heart standing still
She told me the story
I don’t know if its true
She said you raped her
Nothing she could do
I came into the world
On September four
She gave me up
She could do no more
Do I look like you
Do I have your eyes
Did she tell the truth
Or fill me with lies
I hope you are well
And had a great life
With a nice wee family
And a loving wife
I wish I knew your name
So I could track you down
To meet your daughter
Not bring you a frown
Find out my history
My heritage or tribe
Just wanna know
So I can feel my vibe
Scheme | XAXA BXBX XCXC ABDB XEXE BFXF XGAG XHDH AIXI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (89%) |
Metre | 11101 1111 111 1111 11111 01111 11111 101011 111101 111101 10111 11101 111010 111111 11110 10111 110101 10101 1111 11111 11111 11111 11101 11111 11111 01011 1011100 00101 111111 111111 11110 11101 111100 110011 1101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 707 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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