Analysis of On Behalf of My Deceased Uncle Tom and Aunt Frances
Uncle Tom, you come to our performance or of mine as a small child,
Took us your wife, children and I to Medicine Lake where we were laughing, digging our toes in the sand.
Then died later in life as a janitor, from early one winter's morning--how strange.
The writer, and your son Tim followed as in your footprints and,
I'm not sure why Tim relived this very upsetting experience and having your family
Love me and my mom Kathryn, we'll just keep our close prayers for your souls to go to heaven, and
Our funeral clothes not make a change.
Your Niece and young Author--
Cousin Lisa Ann Wilson Heath
| Scheme | XX A BXBA X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111100101111011 11111001110011101010101001 111001101001101101011 01001111010110 111110111001001000101100 11011101111011111111100 1010011101 110110 10101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 592 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 4, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on March 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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