Analysis of Poem for Aidan
Poem for Aidan
My voice is weak but my love is strong
He does not mind as I sing my songs
I rub his back as he falls asleep
He does not mind as my love is deep!
I'm glad to have his soul so near
I know one day he will not be here
I yearn to see what he will grow to be
Though I'm sad as he won't still be with me
He grows wiser by the day
But he still laughs and he likes to play
Yet soon I know he will go away
For boys become men
That is just the way
So I'm glad that we have had this time
Though it's sad that life is like this rhyme
And while dreams drift ever far away, so
I drink his love every chance I may
So I sing him my songs, though my voice is weak
And listen to his breath as he falls asleep
For someday soon he will a man
And his heart will be in another’s hand.
| Scheme | X XXAA XXBB CCCXC DDXC XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110 111111111 111111111 111111101 111111111 11111111 111111111 1111111111 1111111111 1110101 111101111 111111101 11011 11101 111111111 111111111 0111101011 1111100111 11111111111 01011111101 1111101 01111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 798 |
| Words | 185 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
A poem regarding the trajectory of a son's life and his Dad's desperate love
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Written on November 27, 2021
Submitted by scott4hart on March 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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