Analysis of My Grandson



There’s magic in his little hands
I’ve seen it for myself
He brought to life  those antique toys
gathering dust upon the shelf

He brightened all their colors
and held them til they rang with joy
I’m telling you there’s magic
in the hands of this little boy

Why  I’ve seen him with the slightest touch
of his little hand on Grandma’s brow
turn her deepest darkest frown
into a smile somehow

I’m not sure where he got the power
and I doubt he’ll ever tell
but with his charming ways and magic hands
he holds all within his spell


Scheme ABXB XCXC XDXD XEAE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11001101 11111 11111011 10010101 1101110 01111111 1101110 00111101 111110101 11101111 1010101 01011 111111010 0111101 1111010101 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 546
Words 103
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 26

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the joy of grandchildren

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Submitted by Snodeel on January 22, 2022

Modified on April 13, 2023

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