Analysis of Chalk rainbows



I remember when…
You were childhood chalk rainbows
A smiling missing tooth surprise
Riding on training wheels
Across the concrete sidewalk skies
With all your dolls sipping empty teacups
Dressing up in high heels, over sized
Building make-believe sandcastles
And baking your famous mud filled pies
Painting toenails under flowing pigtails
With hands on hips, asking all your why's
When you needed a daddy rescue
The lights that shone out, from within your little eyes
But, the world has come between us
And now to you, I am someone else's lie
The pain will never wash away your rainbows
No matter how hard it may try
You will always be my little girl
And a part of me will be a part of you deep down inside


Scheme ABCDCBEBCBCFCGHBHIJ
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 10111 01010101 101101 0100111 111110101 101011101 101011 010110111 10110101 111110111 111001010 011111011101 10111011 0111111101 0111010111 11011111 11111101 001111101111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 690
Words 127
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 571
Words per stanza (avg) 127
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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