Analysis of Genes
This summer I had my Father’s genes
And wondered if it meant something
Burning quicker in the sun
Unlike when I was younger
With olive skin and salt watered hair
My skin, my hair, my heart
This summer I had my Father’s genes
And now it makes me wonder
If my Mother and her sun tanned body
Saw me and thought of him
This summer I had my Father’s genes
But what will happen next?
Will I once again have olive skin and a shade of lighter hair?
Am I as changeable as seasons?
And in heat or harshest cool
My skin, my hair, my heart
And the bluest eyes they both share
Scheme | AxxbcD Abxx AxcxxD c |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 01011110 1010001 0111110 110101101 111111 110111101 0111110 1110001110 110111 110111101 111101 1110111010011101 111100110 0011101 111111 00101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on January 25, 2023
Submitted by bonnie_1 on January 25, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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