Analysis of MY ONLY CHILD



My only child died at such a young age
my child did not see or learn much during their short period of time.

I swear to you all
that I would have given my life
to catch that beautifully innocent child

I do not remember their mother
nor do I remember their absent father
my only child died a million slow deaths inside of my mind.

It was a fiery crash that sealed this angel's faith
I recall going to the cold funeral home
staring aimlessly into the coffin at this boy's body

That is only for a dozen and a half years that I looked upon as being my brother, my father, and most important best friend
it has been a long time since his end


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101111011 11111111101110011 11111 11111011 1111001001 111010110 11101011010 110110101101111 110100111111 11101011001 101000101011110 111010100011111011101101100101011 111011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 640
Words 133
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 3, 2
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

CHILD ABUSE

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Written on 1994

Submitted by Oakley on January 17, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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I have been writing for 40 years my poetry is about life,death love,and redemption. after having two near death expiercences and a TBI my poetry has become more spirtual more…

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