Analysis of The First To Cry
I was the first to cry
when daddy died
lying there so peacefully
in his golden casket
yet, I give him so much grief
being the youngest boy
in the family
always competing with my older
brothers for daddy's affection
oh, what laddy I was back then
mischief knows me well
as long as I live,
on the face of this earth,
your son will earn his due, first
yet, prove his worth
| Scheme | ABCDEFCGHIJKLML |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 110111 1101 1011100 011010 1111111 100101 00100 10101110 10110010 1111111 10111 11111 101111 1111111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 290 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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