Analysis of "What Will I Do"

Beverly Jean Easterday 2006 (martinsburg)



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?


Scheme ABCDAEFGHD
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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