Analysis of Hang Out With Grandpaw
Caleb myers 2004 (Georgia)
The lord took him
Before we met
All those days and nights
That we never spent
Sometimes I go back
Think how it would have been
Had I gotten
To meet him
I've seen his face
Is in a picture
In a dusty old frame
Never saw him smile
Never saw him laugh
Man, I wish I could have had
Just one day to sit and talk
With the man, I know little about
Man, what I'd give
Just to hang out with Grandpaw
I know his halo
Was an old ball cap
I know his grandkids
Loved to sit on his lap
And watch cartoons
On Sundays before church
I know he worked a farm
For over thirty years
But I wouldn’t know his voice
If I were to hear him say
How are you doing thesе days
Man, it sure is a shame
That the only way
I'vе seen his face
Is in a picture
In a dusty old frame
Never saw him smile
Never saw him laugh
Man, I wish I could have had
Just one day to sit and talk
With the man, I know little about
Man, what I'd give
Just to hang out with Grandpaw
But he’s up there in those clouds right now
Looking down saying
That the only way
He’s seen my face
Is in a picture
In a dusty old frame
He’s never seen me smile
He’s never seen me laugh
Man, I wish I could have had
Just one day to sit and talk
With the boy, I know little about
Man, what I'd give
Just to hang out with my grandson
But I'll just wait
‘til the day he comes home
So, he can hang out with grandpaw
| Scheme | a x x x x x b a c D E F G H I J K L x l x l x x x x x m x e M c D E F G H I J K L x x M c D E f g H I j K b x x l |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 0111 11101 11101 01111 111111 1110 111 1111 10010 001011 10111 10111 1111111 1111101 101111001 1111 111111 11110 11111 1111 111111 0101 11011 111101 110101 111111 1101111 1111011 111101 10101 11111 10010 001011 10111 10111 1111111 1111101 101111001 1111 111111 111101111 10110 10101 1111 10010 001011 110111 110111 1111111 1111101 101111001 1111 1111111 1111 101111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,454 |
| Words | 362 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 57 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 57 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 18 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
About this poem
This song is dedicated to my grandpa I never met, my Papa Jimmy. My mother did not let me meet my dad or any of his side of the family until the time I was eleven. By that time my Papa had passed, from cancer. He passed when I was 7, I am 17 now.
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Written on January 18, 2022
Submitted by calebmyers1488 on April 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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