Analysis of My hands



My hands know how to love a lady,
Touching her just right and driving her crazy.
They know how to build many things,
From the back deck to the swing in the tree.

My hands know how to hold my children when they cry,
They touch softly and have wiped many tears from their eyes.
My hands know how to greet a person with a firm hand shake,
They are full of love but yet full of so much strength.

My hands are my last weapon of defense,
They say war is not murder but they have seen Death.
My hands are covered in another mans blood,
Forgive me my father and let me be your son.


Scheme AAXA XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111010 10011010010 11111101 1011101001 111111110111 1110011101111 11111101010111 111111111111 1111110101 111111011111 11110001011 011110011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 562
Words 117
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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