Analysis of "What Will I Do"
I've lived so long falling over Dinosaurs and dolls on the floor,
I've stumbled over little cars and shrieked at worms dangling out of their hands,
I've kissed scraped knees and gave a listening ear when they needed to talk,
There's nothing they think I cannot do,
I've been their playmate and at times their confider,
I've operated remote control cars and ministered to aches and pains,
I've doctored during their share of chicken pox, strep throats, and tried to take their hardest bumps,
But someday they will be grown and gone,
With no more soccer balls, no more Finding something everyone will love to watch,
I cannot believe it will come true but when it does, What shall I do?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110101001101 1101010101111001111 11110101001111011 110111101 111101111 110001011011101 110101111011101111101 11111101 111101111010101111 11001111111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 54 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 542 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Written on December 12, 2006
Submitted by rickysfairylove on June 12, 2022
Modified on April 19, 2023
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