Analysis of Who's More Afraid?
Robert Rowe 1967 (Agana, Guam)
I awaken to the sound of crying
And from bed I rise inwardly trying
To quiet my fears and silent alarms
Until I can fold you into my arms.
Holding me tight you have nothing to fear
For no harm will come so long as I’m near.
To you I possess great strength like an oak
While inside my breast my heartstrings are broke.
Your innocent eyes searching my face
So I pray you won’t see even a trace
Of doubts and troubles I carry inside;
You need me strong, so my worries I hide.
Begging and pleading you cry out “Don’t go!”
I must ‘cause I work tomorrow you know.
With one final embrace I must now leave
But the look on your face makes my heart grieve.
Reaching out to wipe a tear from your cheek
You seem to me now as fragile and meek,
Though tomorrow you’ll be restless and wild.
It’s time to sleep now, so rest well, my child.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1010101110 0111110010 1101101001 0111110111 1011111011 1111111111 1110111111 101111111 110011011 1111111001 1101011001 1111111011 1001011111 111110111 1110011111 1011111111 1011101111 1111111001 101111001 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 844 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
Written in 1995, this was the first poem I had ever had published.
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