Father and Son
Son when you grow up what shall you be?
Would I be a father that you could never be?
Mark a star and walk on my shoe,
It’s easy as you go, I shall go beyond too
Should I be a father that holds your hand in pain?
Or should I be the one that scolds and holds when wet in rain
Son to be a father is not a planned way,
Yet, be the one that I can never be in any way
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Submitted by Azalea Spirit on October 04, 2014
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 357 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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