Analysis of A father with depression
An illness in my father
that changed him on the inside
i dont remember before it
but i saw the true him hide
i saw the way it was a challenge
to just get out of bed
i found it hard to understand
what was going through his head
when he complained about not having
enough money to get by easy
but i was confused because he
had no job, surely it would be breezy
if he did, then i life would be
more comfortable and less stressful
i didnt tell him how i felt;
i knew it would be unsuccesfull
i felt the way he found it difficult
to be interested in my stories
he got angry quick, never listened
and just watched films; that were usually gorey
he never really understood me
it didnt seem like he tried to
it got me angry, got me upset
i remember i cried too
i loved him lots, even though
i didnt know he was ill
he couldnt cope with going through life
without taking pills
obviously i was only young
i founf it hard to understand
especially when no one told me
there was something seriously wrong with dad!
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHHHHIJIKLMHHNONPQRSTFHU |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100110 1111001 11010011 1110111 110111010 111111 1111101 1110111 110101110 011011110 11101011 1111011110 11111111 110000110 1111111 111111 1101111100 111000110 111011010 011110100010 11010011 1111111 111101101 1010111 1111101 111111 11111011 01101 100011101 1111101 01011111 11101000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 970 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 795 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 199 |
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Submitted on June 04, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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