Analysis of Eighteen
I am an adult.
I’m behind in school,
I’m thinking about boys,
I’m staying up late,
I’m drinking alcohol,
I’m calling my mom.
My Dad is old.
He’s changing his passwords,
He’s ignoring my mom,
He’s mad at me,
He’s refusing to talk,
He’s calling me,
He’s hanging up,
| Scheme | XXXXXA XXABXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 10101 110011 11011 11010 11011 1111 11011 101011 1111 101011 1101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
A simple poem about a daughter growing apart from her father as she ages.
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