Analysis of Raising Puppies



The doctors said he couldn't live
Just two years, that's all they'd give
Cancer soon would eat his little bones away.

He didn't cry when he lost his hair
But wore that stocking cap everywhere
And only took it off to sleep and pray.

I bought a puppy and brought it home
In and out of the house they'd roam
Whenever he had enough strength to play.

He would flash his mighty sword
Out chasing devils for the Lord
I was amazed how many he could slay.

He stayed in bed as the cancer got worse
And read his Bible, verse by verse
I cried as he grew weaker everyday.

One day he called me to his side
He told me Daddy, I'm going to die
But forever in your memory I'll stay.

And Daddy, thank you for the puppy
But now you must raise him for me
I'm going to live with Jesus any day.....


Scheme XXA BBA CCA DDA EEA XXA FFA
Poetic Form
Metre 01011101 1111111 10111110101 110111111 11110110 0101111101 110100111 00110111 0101101111 1111101 11010101 1101110111 1101101011 01110111 1111110101 11111111 1111011011 10100110011 010111010 11111111 11011110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 781
Words 168
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

written for a mother in our church who grieved for years the loss of her son...

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Written on July 03, 2022

Submitted by jerrylogie on July 03, 2022

Modified on April 10, 2023

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