Analysis of My Sister's Hero



There are many definitions
of what a hero could be
And from my sister’s description
that hero could be me

You see my sister needed a kidney
back in nineteen ninety-five
And if it wasn’t for me donating
she wouldn’t be alive

I really don’t feel like a hero
it’s just something I had to do
But I do get a warm sensation
when she tells me, “I love you”


Scheme XABA ACXC XDBD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1110010 1101011 01110010 110111 1111010010 1011101 01111110 11101 110111010 11101111 111101010 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 352
Words 70
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

It's actually a true story. We are both still alive today and she just celebrated her birthday a few days ago.

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Written on November 28, 2017

Submitted by UJ on August 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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