Analysis of My Kids (And G-kids)



All my kids. I’ve got six
I find myself in quite the fix
four of my loins, plus two more
that belong to the woman that I adore

William, the oldest, nearing 41
in trouble, he got, because of “too much fun”
aside from that, children three
we pray, OK, my wife and me

Next is Kandice, a beautiful blonde
for a short time we had quite the bond
as father and daughter as close as should be
she’s settled now, with her beau, now there’s three

Jared is the oldest of mine
started out troublesome, but now he’s fine
he’s got a family now totaling five
one boy, four girls, man alive

The next in my brewed is my Shelly Denise
I wasn’t there to offer her peace
but she’s turned out OK, her Mama done well
two children from her, and she silenced that bell

Then Amber Lynn came in the rush of a wind
another connection I’m trying to mend
more grand-children from her, she gave us three
children I love to go and see

My Kayla Marie is the last in this list
then the water cut off, if you get my gist
g-kids from her are yet none
maybe some day she’ll have a bun

It’s time now for this ryme to end
but to them, all my love I send
my children know this I love you all the same
for, in trueth, it is you that keeps me sane


Scheme AABB XCDD EEDD FFGG HHII XJDD KKCC JJXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (63%)
Metre 111111 1110101 1111111 10110101101 1001010 01011011111 0111101 11111101 11101001 101111101 11001011111 1101101111 10101011 1011001111 11010011001 1111101 01011111001 11111001 11111101011 11010011011 11011001101 01001011011 1110101111 10111101 11001101011 10101111111 1110111 10111101 11111111 11111111 11011111101 1011111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,237
Words 253
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on March 22, 2022

Submitted by daniels.00921 on March 22, 2022

Modified on March 11, 2023

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