Analysis of Already Nine



My oh my
Where has the time gone
It seems like only yesterday
I was told you were mine
And now here you are
Already nine
This birthday I have to miss
But it makes me remember
And say thank you God
For having this little girl to kiss
To hug and snuggle
And watch as she grows
From the little babe
I once held in my hands
To the girl
I now hold in my arms
One day soon
You’ll become a woman
Leaving me with all these memories
Of how special it is, and how lucky I am
To be able
To watch you grow

NOTE*** This is from my CD A Father’s Love Letters
To listen to the CD please visit
http://www.reverbnation.com/#/mikehamill


Scheme XXXAXABXXBCXXXXXXXXXCX XXC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (28%)
Metre 111 11011 1111010 111101 01111 0101 111111 1111010 01111 110110111 11010 01111 10101 111011 101 111011 111 101010 101111100 111011011011 1110 1111 1111111010110 1101011110 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 598
Words 128
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 22, 3
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 240
Words per stanza (avg) 63
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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