Analysis of My Father
My Father had come , unto this land
With youthful soul , and working hand
To fulfill dreams , and forget the past
Of horrible wars , new perception to cast
His life was full , of horror and strife
So his Mother then sent him , to start a new life
His age was just twelve , and I can't comprehend
The fear that was felt , not having a friend
As leaving the ship , in a harbor so great
And a Statue of Liberty , that welcomed his fate
He learned to speak English , and worked as a boy
In homeless shelter's , discovering joy ...
That life has now given , a new second chance
That he was now free, his survival enhanced
But soon he discovered , that life is not fair
While drafted in Army , war's stench soon to bare
Korea was cold , he once said to me
And as I asked questions , was soon telling me ...
That he would not rather , discuss all the times
That he thought about death , the sleepless bedtimes
His body did show , of the wounds that were laid
The former corruption , the price that was paid
I grew not to know him , as he left my young world
Now searching new life , his thoughts became furled
I remembered the times , that I felt very lost
Not sure why things happen , my memory tossed …
Until I then realized , his life was so grim
That I became victim , of the war inside him
TommyD 3/9/21
( My Father died at the age 59 . God Bless his Soul and to ALL who have served Our Great Nation ) ...
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GX HH II XG JJ XA KK LL AX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 110111011 11010101 101100101 11001101011 111111001 111011111011 1111101101 0111111001 11001001011 001110011011 11111001101 010101001 11111001101 11111101001 11101011111 11001011111 0101111111 01111011101 11111001101 1110110101 11011101101 01001001111 111111111111 1101111011 101001111101 11111011001 01111011111 110110101011 1 1101101111101111110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,394 |
Words | 266 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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