Analysis of My Father, You Are in Heaven?
My father, you are in heaven.
Grasp it I pray, this weary hand
Whose knuckles black from shadows and
Are cracked and cry from icy wind.
Father, oh my father!
Release me from this prison sorrow,
This long-done soul who seeks tomorrow,
The freeing crack of his crab shell hollow.
Father, oh my father!
I grip steel bars in zealous passion
And clang my cup at your wingéd freedom.
They say your flaps are silent phantoms,
But hoist me now and be you visible!
Father, oh my father,
Heed me from this cell!
It's cave-length-deep
And shines light cheap,
I beg, at least,
You come and visit.
Descend upon my mind at rest
Take not these sobs as grand offense
For the day awake I cannot bear
These bloody knuckles, cold, and stale
Father, oh my father,
You are in Heaven?
I pray you then, beseech me!
This abysmal grip is choking
And shallow be my prayer.
Father, oh my father!
Forgive me…my apologies!
My sense had then escaped me;
No soul, once spoiled, escapes free
From far beneath the soil.
Scheme | axxx Bccc Baxxx Bxddxx xxex Bafxe Bxffx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011010 11111101 1101110 11011101 101110 011111010 11111101 0101111110 101110 111101010 0111111110 111111010 1111011100 101110 11111 1111 0111 1111 11010 01011111 11111101 101011101 11010101 101110 11010 1111011 10101110 010111 101110 01110100 1111011 1111011 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 998 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on January 30, 2022
Submitted by victorambiguo99 on February 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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