Analysis of My little girl lost



I MADE YOU A PROMISE SOON AFTER YOUR BIRTH
 I PROMISED YOU SAFETY WHILE HERE ON THIS EARTH
 THE MONSTER HE TOOK YOU SO FAR FAR AWAY
 WHAT MORE COULD I DO WHAT ELSE COULD I SAY
 I LOOKED AND LOOKED FOR THE LONGEST OF TIME
 THE LOST LITTLE SOUL I WAS DESPERATE TO FIND
 THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU WAS HORRIBLY SAD
 THAT LONG SOLEMN DAY WE BURRIED MY DAD
 YOUR EYES WERE SO EMPTY FULL OF PURE FEAR
 I WAS THERE WITH YOU BUT OUR MONSTER WAS NEAR
 FAMILIES HAVE SECRETS THEY TAKE TO THE GRAVE
 MY LITTLE GIRL LOST I JUST COULDN’T SAVE
 THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES I HAD SEEN IT BEFORE
 IT FEELS LIKE MY FAULT COULD I HAVE DONE MORE
 I WANTED TO TAKE YOU AND SET YOUR SOUL FREE
 THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES WAS A REFLECTION OF ME
 COULD I HAVE HELPED YOU IN SOME OTHER WAY
 WOULD IT HAVE CHANGED THINGS THAT HORRIBLE DAY
 YEARS HAVE PASSED NOW SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE
 IM STILL STUCK IN A RUTT CAN’T SEEM TO MOVE ON
 I KNOW YOU’RE ANGEL WAY UP IN THE SKY
 I JUST WISH I COULD KNOW WHY YOU HAD TO DIE
 THE MONSTER STILL LIVES AND THAT’S SO UNFAIR
 CAUSE I LOST MY ANGEL WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR
 I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY NOW SAFE IN HIS ARMS
 BUTTERING HIM UP WITH ALL OF YOUR CHARMS
 I MISS YOU SO MUCH IT SO PLAIN TO SEE
 BUT AT LEAST I KNOW YOUR SOUL IS NOW FREE!


Scheme AABBCDEEFFGGHHIIBBJKLLMMNNII
Poetic Form
Metre 11101011011 11011011111 01011111101 1111111111 1101101011 01101111011 01111111001 111011111 1101101111 111111101011 10011011101 110111111 11011111101 1111111111 11011101111 110111001011 1111101101 1111111001 11111111 11100111111 1111011001 11111111111 0101101101 11111010101 11111011011 1001111111 1111111111 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,247
Words 258
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 947
Words per stanza (avg) 258
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Submitted by Atotaltrip on July 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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