Analysis of For Spencer
Criss F Rosenlof 1969 (Utah)
Eighteen years ago was born
A son to mom and dad
A blessed day, September morn,
Came forth the little lad.
Throughout the years, the boy has grown,
Grown stronger day by day.
And as he did, his spirit’s shone,
At work and when at play.
And now a man, his childhood done
He’s doing what he can
Now moving on, his school-race run
A military man.
In times of ease, and times of strife,
He stands out in the crowd
Not just in school, but in his life
He’s made his parents proud.
©Criss F. Rosenlof 5/19/2013
-Written for my son Spencer as he left for Boot Camp.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH GX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110111 011101 0110101 110101 01010111 110111 01111101 110111 0101111 110111 11011111 01001 01110111 111001 11011011 111101 111 1011110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 565 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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