Analysis of The Supreme Gift
Ponder this for awhile
If you think giving is out of style
It is if you give to benefit yourself
And not for the good of someone else
If you give from the heart with compassion
Others will know it’s still in fashion
You don’t have to be wealthy to give
Only a giving heart, a passion to live
My admiration is all for my son
He had only two, but gave up one
A kidney he gave, the supreme form of giving
A gift to his sister to go on living
They are both doing fine
Thank God and my son
He had only two
And gave up one
| Scheme | AABCDDEFDDGGHDID |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 111101111 11111110001 01101111 1111011010 101111010 111111011 10010101011 101011111 111011111 010110011110 01111011110 111101 11011 11101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 505 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 402 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
About this poem
Actually this poem was written by my father {John Sr}. He wrote this after I donated one of my kidneys to my sister.
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Written on December 03, 2013
Submitted by UJ on August 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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