Analysis of Dad



                            In Loving Memory
                                      in honor
                                           Of
                                          Dad

When we were babies,
                      you decided to adopt us
                  You took us in & raised us as your own
                        that has meant so much to us
                        When we needed love,
                   You were there to give us your love
                         When we needed a hand,
                    You gave us a helping hand
                          When we were down,
                   You were there to lift up our spirit
                           When we needed support,
         You were the one who always supported us
                           When we needed guidance,
  You were the one to help guide us along the way
                            When we needed comforting,
                You always made us feel comfortable
                             When we needed some advice,
 You were the one who always gave us your opinion, we didn't always agree but you gave it to
                                           us anyway
                                When we were sad,
        You always brought a smile to our face
                                 When we she's tears,
        Your dried the tears from our weepy eyes
         When we needed someone to talk to,
             you sat us down to talk with us
                           When we didn't understand,
You done what you could to help us understand
                                              you
                            When the times were tough,
          You always gave us the encouragement
            we needed to get through it
                               When we needed confidence,
You gave us the strength that we needed
                              to face our fears
                      When we needed a friend,
                     you weren't just our dad
                      you were our mentor
                              and our friend, too
               and will always be our best friend, Dad!
                     Your memory lives in our hearts,
                               We will always love you!!


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Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 010100 010 1 1 11010 1101011 111011111 1111111 11101 10111111 111001 1110101 1101 1011111010 111001 1001110101 111010 100111110101 1110100 111111000 1110101 10011111101011010111111 110 1101 111011101 1111 1101110101 11101111 11111111 111001 1111111101 1 10101 111100100 1101111 1110100 111011110 11101 111001 1101101 10101 01011 011110111 110010101 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 2,274
Words 276
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 41
Lines Amount 45
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 495
Words per stanza (avg) 127

About this poem

I wrote this poem in honor of my dad after he loss his battle with colon cancer. He was diagnosed back in May of 1998 and he fought with it for five years. He did both chemo and radiation treatments and it had shrunk it. In December of 2001 I was at a friend's house and received a call in the middle of the night that my dad was rushed to the hospital and I had to go home to my family. A few hours later we received a call saying that his cancer was back and it was more aggressive this time and that there was nothing more they could do for him except to make him comfortable. Back in April of 2002 at six pm that night he went home to be with the Lord. It was the most painful stressful time in my life and I felt empty for so long. I wrote this poem in memory of him to honor him in all that he taught me. 

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Written on February 25, 2010

Submitted by sheilaaustin83 on July 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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