Analysis of My Pappy



Pappy was my nickname for you,
A lot of special times I treasure true.
Putting your arm around me, you gave me a hug,
Putting your hand out, when I did wrong you gave me a tug.
You were always there when we needed a hand,
So neat to help with tilling up the land.
Going with you to help with the chores,
I liked better than mopping the floors.
Riding along in that pickup truck,
To see a deer would be our luck.


Scheme AABBCCDDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 0111011101 101101111101 10111111111101 1011111001 1111110101 101111101 111011001 10010111 110111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 405
Words 84
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 316
Words per stanza (avg) 84
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Submitted by sherry_t on January 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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