Analysis of Father-in-law of the Bride
Mark A. Klein 1965 (Cairo, Ill)
The day has come that you walked down the aisle
To grab ahold the hand of my firstborn child
As your father walked you down
With your vale laced in white
All of us in the room thought
“oh, what a beautiful sight”
My son stood proud to meet you
With his best friends at his side
As someone else was watching
From the pew on the other side
A man that did not raise you
And who is around least of all
Whom I’m sure you were scared to meet
Since you knew my expectations would be hard to beat
Now as that time has passed
I hope you know that you’ve won my heart to last
No one else do I want standing there
Choosing my last name to bear
Now standing here today
I’m very proud and happy to say
that I didn’t have to give you away
But I’ve gained you as a daughter
Betrothed to one another
May your love Last forever
That I may take my place with pride
As Father-in-law of the bride
Scheme | XX XAXA BCXC BXDD EEFF GGGH HHCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111111101 11010111111 1110111 111101 1110011 1101001 1111111 1111111 111110 10110101 0111111 01101111 11110111 111101011111 111111 11111111111 111111101 1011111 110101 110101011 111111101 11111010 111010 1111010 11111111 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
I plan to read this to my new Daughter-in-law at my oldest Son's wedding Nov. 18th 2023. I wrote it for her this past month. Hope she likes it and I don't cry reading it.
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