Analysis of Vietnam and the grace of God, another fallen marine
The daughter of a lucky
Vietnam marine
his only child is my
husband you see
lucky because he made it out alive
aware of the alternative
as he watched buddies die
Some days for hours I’d listen to stories
many times in disbelief…………
it wasn’t until he pulled out his pictures
that he made a believer of me.
Enemy fire, hell in the jungle
and finely beyond the grenades
I remember him saying
it was by the grace of GOD,
the reason their Asses were saved.
Proud they were
and lucky to go home
now here we are
forty years down the road.
While our daughter,
my husband
his mother and I
feel very fortunate
to have been a part of
his life
As luck would have it
this cliche is a lie
those who felt lucky
never had luck on their side.
A soldier selflessly sacrifices life
some were called quickly
and others over time.
Dad was a marine
during the Vietnam War
standing front line
and center freedom
at the core
Positioned in the jungle
men were exposed
It’s silent, and brewing,
agent orange as we know.
Agent Orange
doctors have said
is what caused the cancer
and the death of our dad.
A MAN of all MEN
he will always be known
as another fallen marine has
been called home
Scheme | ABCA XXC XXXA DXEXX FGXX FXCXXH XCAX HAX BIXXI DXEX XXFX XXXG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (36%) |
Metre | 0101010 0101 110111 1011 1001111101 01100100 111101 11110110110 101001 1101111110 111001011 1001010010 01001001 1010110 1110111 01011001 110 010111 1111 101101 11010 110 11001 110100 111011 11 11111 101101 11110 1011111 01011001 10110 010101 11001 100011 1011 01010 101 0100010 1001 110010 1010111 1010 1011 111010 0011101 01111 11111 101010011 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,200 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 6, 4, 3, 5, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
This poem was written for my father in law at his funeral.
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Written on August 12, 2010
Submitted by Dnewton9215 on May 15, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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