Analysis of Inner Child
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
It's unclear when it happened,
the passing of youth.
But suddenly I knew,
and it held onto me like a truth.
My realization struck,
cutting through like a diamond blade.
I found my younger self,
hidden deep like an ocean's shade.
Adolescent Joe,
forever my inner child.
A shadow that speaks in silence,
waiting patiently, yet wild.
But today he found his freedom,
I saw it in Ryleigh and Stella.
Optimism blooming like flowers,
each morning kissed with dew
| Scheme | XABA XCXC XDXD XXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1011110 01011 110011 011101101 110101 10110101 111101 10111101 0101 0101101 0111010 1010011 10111110 11101010 10010110 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 458 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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