Analysis of My Son Is Gone
Donnie was born a normal boy
He played with trucks and other toys
But one day when he was three
He fell to the ground unusually
The doctor said a vertebrae
Had collapsed and gone away
I asked in tears for an answer
The answer was "Bone Cancer"
For seven years I watched him grow
Not knowing when I'd see the next blow
One bone after another eaten away
Until there was nothing left: Hooray!
Death a blessing. Torture gone Away.
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFFDDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110101 11110101 1111111 111010100 0101010 1010101 11011110 0101110 11011111 110111011 11100101001 011110101 101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 339 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
About this poem
One of my children died of cancer. I will attempt to describe the event and how it affected me.
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Written on June 07, 2022
Submitted by davidg.37672 on June 10, 2022
Modified on April 10, 2023
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