Analysis of Daddy



Beauty of Mother not for me
Yet to hold you I can see
Some day you will call me "Daddy".

Now a toddler running around
No more glorious a sound
As you learn to call me "Daddy".

I see the friends that you have made
Though your love for me not fades
It is less you call me "Daddy".

As a teen you find your own way
And to me that is okay
Though you rarely call me "Daddy".

Off to college, I am so sad
Been reduced to only “Dad”
But you used to call me "Daddy".

Married, joyful, with girl and boy
Three times now is all my joy
Maybe “Gramps” is same as "Daddy".

Tragedy in an SUV
All gone now, my family
I so miss your call of “Daddy”.

Ever miss your call of “Daddy”.


Scheme AAA BBA XXA CCA DDA EEA XAA A
Poetic Form
Metre 10110111 1111111 11111110 10101001 1110001 11111110 11011111 1111111 11111110 10111111 011111 11101110 11101111 1011101 11111110 10101101 1111111 10111110 100011 1111100 11111110 10111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 685
Words 153
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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The saddest I have ever written.

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Written on September 10, 2022

Submitted by cmichaelm on May 20, 2023

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