Analysis of I am formed from what?



I am nothing very special
Little bits of history, music, art
Deposits from my parents
Their equity of heart.
Their laughter at a story.
Their entertaining yen.
Their ears inclined to listen.
Oh to see them again.

To have a kitchen
Table talk
That settled younger Doug.
That called to faith and patience
And sealed it with a hug.
Some Scottish and some Danish
English, Irish too
And Pennsylvania Dutch
To round out bloodlines
Here for you.


Scheme XAXAXBCB CXDXDXEXXE
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010 1011100101 0101110 110011 1101010 10101 1101110 111101 11010 101 110101 1111010 011101 1100110 10101 00101 1111 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 441
Words 87
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 10
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Written on June 28, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on June 28, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on June 28, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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