Analysis of Have You Seen Daddy?
I see a man...
Dressed in rags...
He is homeless
Perhaps I have seen him in a dream?
His face seemed...
of a familiar countenance...
One that I would mold out of clay
with each finger I stroke
the form of his eyes
a nose
and lips sealed
silent, when I ask,
"Have you seen Daddy?"
Features set
in ceramic stone
I set upon the mantle
Never
shall I forget his face
as I hand him $5
and go on my way...
| Scheme | X XX X X X AX XXX X X XX X XX X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1101 101 1110 011111001 111 10010100 11111111 111011 01111 01 011 10111 11110 101 00101 1101010 10 110111 1111 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 435 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 14 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
About this poem
I wrote this after I had a vivid dream of my father. He had been missing for years. Not being of a sound mind, I wondered if he was even still alive.
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Written on November 29, 2010
Submitted by letmefeel.the.sommer.rains on September 23, 2022
Modified on April 30, 2023
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