Analysis of What I Miss
LaDonna Hatcliff 1962 (Kansas City)
Playing all day long
Singing him a song
Rocking him to sleep
Hushing every peep
Reading Dr. Suess
like a silly goose
Giving him a bath
Before his daytime nap
Sharing our dreams
because we are a team
Giving him a hug and kiss
Those are the things I miss.
| Scheme | AA BB CX XX XX CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 10101 10111 11001 1011 10101 10101 01111 10101 011101 1010101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 261 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
I lost custody of my son and at the time this poem helped me work through my devastation and loss.
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Written on February 28, 2001
Submitted by LaDonna on January 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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