My Father
While I was just a boy or lad
I learned so many things from my Daddy
Then one day when I was so much older
And in my teenage days of living in this life
That I even learned some more from him
Then one day as my father did pass on
And to Heavens waiting loving gates
I became more of a man over-nite at age 17
As I then I became the man of the house
Just the way my father would of wanted it to be.....
By: DAS-{c}-01-20-2013
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Submitted on April 12, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXXX XXXXAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6 |
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