Analysis of My Little Man
With eyes that gleam reflections of the wonder held in youth.
Spontaneous screams, a joyful sound, care not of adult couth.
I watch as every passing day he discovers things to do.
I yearn to reach out and hold him yet he’d rather hold my shoe.
The fear it grips inside me as I watch him learn to stand.
He might fall and bump his little head, so I reach our booth my hands; and sure enough he tumbles and rolls back upon the floor.
Surprised he looks expressionless, yet gets up to try some more.
“I don’t feel well”, screams his crying eyes as a fever warms him through.
Was it a teaspoon or a dropper full, I forget now what to do!
To tell me, “I feel better Dad” he reaches out his hand.
Relieved I gaze into his eyes. How can I make him understand?
I hug him every chance I get, we kid around and play.
At night I’m close beside him and I wake him up by day.
He knows I’ll change his diapers and I feed him all I can.
How can a simple Father make his baby understand?
The mornings not a morning without him close to me.
A sunset holds not beauty unless baby’s there to see.
The love that grows inside me I will never understand nor can ever I express the love felt for my little man.
Scheme | A A B B C D D B B C C E E F C G G F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101010101 010010101111011 1111001011010111 111110111110111 01110111111111 1110111011111011101011100110101 01110001111111 1111111011010111 1101101011011111 11111101110111 011101111111101 111100111110101 11110110111111 111111000111111 1101010111001 0101010011111 011110011111 0111011111001111010101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,215 |
Words | 237 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 51 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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