Analysis of A Daughters Wish
Dear Angel of God,
I have one wish both as a child of yesterday and as a woman today
I’m full of questions and the need for answers about a man so young taken far away
I’ve heard so many stories from his family that treasure his memory deeply
A soldier devoted to his country, my father whose memory I struggle to place within me
Six feet tall I know he was from the top of his helmet to the toe of his black shined boots
Proud to be the man he was with deep devotion to the family of his Kentucky roots
A father he was to only one child and I know he loved me with all his heart and soul
That child was left behind at four and his life is a story that needs to be told
I don’t have many memories of my own and that alone is a battle where my heart bleeds
There are so many unknowns I long to have and stories of him his family needs
Full of laughter and eyes of brown, his hair was gold and soft as fields of wheat
The sound of his voice, the smile of his face, a man my heart longs to meet
I wonder often how many hugs and kisses we shared during our short time
What songs did he sing, and tickles of laughter that were only his and mine
Did he bounce me on his knee and brush my hair that was golden like his own
I know we share deep brown eyes, pictures of him shining brightly as for me alone
To love someone that you can’t remember is a true love deep within the heart
Please, Angel of God, tell my father that my love grows each day even though we’re apart
My pride for who he was and what he gave would overflow the deepest blue ocean
So tell him we truly share so much-especially our patriotic devotion
Please take this message on your wings of gold to the man I speak of my hero, my father
I am so much of him, the women who he would remember as only a toddler
We’ll meet again one glorious day, with smiles and laughter at Heaven’s gate
I love you, Dad, and anxiously wait to see you again, no matter how long the journey takes
Dedicated to my father Paris Dale Dusch
He died for his country which he loved immeasurably. Battle of Ia Drang Valley November 15, 1965 at the age of 32. Sgt.Paris Dale Dusch/Charlie Company/1st Battalion/7th Calvary
Watch the movie "We Were Soldiers Once And Young". At the end of the movie, Mel Gibson who played General Hal Moore, walks up to the Vietnam Wall in Washington, DC. The camera zooms in and there with disbelief and overwelming pride I saw my father's name Paris Dale Dusch. It's amazing!
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Metre | 11011 111111011100101001 1111000111001011110101 111101011100110110010 0100101110110110011011011 1111111101111010111111 11101111101010100110101 0101111011011111111101 11110111011101011111 11110100111010110101111 111100111110101111001 111001111111011111 01111011110111111 11010110101011101011 111110101101010101 111111101111110111 11111111011101011101 111111010101110101 110111110111111101001 1111110111110010110 11111011101010010010 1111011111101111110110 111111010111010110010 110111001110101101 11110100111101110110101 100011101011 111110111010010110110010101111110100101011100 10101010101101101011011100111110011010010100100110101111110110111010 |
Characters | 2,430 |
Words | 484 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 27 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 69 |
Words per line (avg) | 17 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on February 25, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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