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 |
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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 |
About this poem
the joy of grandchildren
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