Analysis of My Gold

Obed Daniels 1981 (GranadaHills)



My mind is confusing
My heart is protected
My soul is my gold
My feelings neglected
My love,
was turnt into  lust
For love was misleading
No longer to trust
“I’ll miss you I’m leaving”
My feelings were crushed.


Scheme ABCBDEAEAF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111010 111010 11111 110010 11 11011 111010 11011 111110 11001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 222
Words 42
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 165
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Modified by It2it on August 23, 2023

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Obed Daniels

My name is obed Daniels This is about me I had to learn as an adult as a child there were loving parents Integrity love respect To be caring Was what they taught. Although we weren’t rich We had plenty thanks to my father Who’s pockets were never empty One day my mother decided to leave my father I remember so vividly When she walked out that door I couldn’t understand What was happening I was playing Atari Eyes glued to the screen But my ears listening to them argue My mother said to me You don’t have to stay with your daddy If you want You can bring your Atari Like if that was a deal breaker Even though it was something I cared for It was my sisters and mother whom Needed me to look after To be continued more…

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