Analysis of Foundation
I am government cheese
Spaghetti-O’s with peanut butter
and a glass of Kool-Aid, please.
I am trailer park life
humble and friendly,
with a will to survive..
I am the grassy field
where all are welcome to play
the fun, my knees forever wield.
I am the streetlamp and
the lightning bugs that light the night,
the beacons leading back to camp.
I am the water hose
surreptitiously sustaining
thirst for life and jokes
I am summer fishing
the winter hunt
and tables of many blessings
I am of Canadian blood
And hillbilly roots
A bonafide American mutt
I am my past.
molded and shaped to always find a way
to create my own path.
Scheme | AXA XXX BCB XXX XDX DXX XXX XCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001 010111010 0011111 111011 10010 101101 110101 1111011 01110101 11010 01011101 01010111 110101 0100010 11101 111010 0101 01011010 11101001 01001 01001001 1111 100111101 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
I grew up in a trailer park in the 80s. I am GenX. I am my upbringing. This poem is who I am.
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