Analysis of I wish my dad was alive
Hasan Johnson 1980 (Peoria Illinois)
I wish my dad was alive
To curse me out again
My only friend
Through thick and thin
Until the End
I wish my dad was alive
To disrespect me and laugh about it
That gave him so much joy
To treat as if I was challenged mentally
Although I was just a boy
I wish my dad was alive so my miserable mom could smile again
Mistreating me was their bond it stopped them from arguing
I wonder if heaven could accept a piece of trash like me
Unloved and unwanted
Through eternity
I’d trade in my life to give my dad a second chance
Then my dementia stricken mom could snap out of her trance
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 111101 1101 1101 0101 1111101 101101011 111111 11111110100 111101 111110111100011101 01011111111100 110110101011111 010010 10100 1101111110101 110100101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 595 |
| Words | 132 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 460 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
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