Analysis of Go Away



When I was six, you took me away. I didn't know why.
You told me I had a new dad now and didn't allow me to cry.
I wished you'd go away.

You later gave me a new brother and then went out every night.
I fed him, bathed him, held him, and didn't put up a fight.
I wished you'd go away.

When I was a teen, you embarrassed me, being loud and crude.
You offended others, and often were rude.
I wished you'd go away.

When I was all grown, you often left my brother alone.
He didn't know where you were and called me on the phone.
I wished you'd go away.

You found a new man and yearned to move away with him.
You gave my brother to me and ran off on a whim.
I wished you'd stay away.

You got sick, came back around, tried to be a mother.
The cancer took your life. You left both me and my brother.
That wasn't what I meant by go away.


Scheme aaB ccB ddB eeB ffb ggb
Poetic Form
Metre 11111110111011 11111011101001111 111101 11011011001111001 11111110101101 111101 111011010110101 10101001001 111101 11111110111001 1101110011101 111101 1101101110111 1111011011101 111101 1111101111010 01011111110110 1101111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 811
Words 175
Sentences 20
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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