Analysis of Daughter

Latin X 1967 (Philadelphia)



You know the sound of the beating of my heart.
I loved you from the start.
Know one could tear us apart.

Although I know I wasn’t perfect,
I hope I made life worth it.

There’s somethings I would’ve changed,
I hope you love me  just the same.

There’s no other love I can compare to you,
I wish I could fulfill every dream for you.

I hope you find a mate that loves you more than me.
That fills your life with love and no misery.

One day you’ll have a daughter too.
You’ll find out how much I really love you.


Scheme AAA XX XX BB CC BB
Poetic Form
Metre 11011010111 111101 1111101 1111101 1111111 11111 11111101 11101110111 111101100111 111101111111 11111101100 11110101 1111111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 524
Words 120
Sentences 10
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

I wrote this for my daughter Chayna.

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Written on August 24, 2022

Submitted by LatinX on April 24, 2024

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