Analysis of Little hands
Little hands that learn and play,
catch hope and luck along the way.
Little feet so dainty and free,
to my dreams and ambitions carry me.
Hands to clasp the future,
the decisions that we make
Feet to brave the journey,
whichever road we take.
| Scheme | AABB XCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011101 11010101 10111001 1110010101 111010 0010111 111010 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
I wrote to use on a hand print painting for my son, when he was a baby.
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Written on January 01, 2007
Submitted by NeoTigerr on June 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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