Analysis of Father
He chose God over me,
because I didn't,
and I couldn't be what he wanted me to be.
I have spent my whole life beating myself into a mould
I'll never fit;
forcing my own edges,
cutting off my limbs,
my natural instincts,
and my sins
for someone who cannot be what he asks of others anyway.
He couldn't be what I needed him to be either,
even though I think he owed it to me.
Empty apologies and promises of a new, changed, and better man.
He is saved!
A new life for him,
that I don't fit into anyway.
Who am I without those parts of me,
that I tore off and buried?
Those foul, rotting, shameful sins,
The sins I have been committing since I learned to run.
How could I?
I should know better now,
I should know how to rip those out of me as they grow,
from the 'stem,' the very first thought.
I should know how to be more than just an animal.
It's okay, I know I'm disgusting and vile,
he told me so,
when I was nine.
What foul thoughts and behaviours I had then,
selfish and greedy.
He saw them in my body too.
He could see through all of my efforts,
and pretty clothes,
I knew it.
He taught me that beautiful, godly shame,
that you bet I still practice now.
I have to make him proud.
How can I even begin to repent for those
repulsive, wicked sins I've committed since I was a child?
Not for me or THE Father, but for my own.
And everyone else,
because I'm a beautiful, lovely, young girl,
And I belong to them, not myself.
Scheme | AXA XBXXXCD XA XXXD AXCXX EFXX XFX XA XXXB XEX XX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 01110 011011110111 1111111010101 1101 101110 10111 110010 011 11110111111010 1101111011110 1011111111 100100010010110101 111 01111 11110110 111011111 1111010 1110101 0111101011111 111 111101 1111111111111 10101011 1111111111100 1111101001 1111 1111 11101111 10010 11101101 111111110 0101 111 1111100101 11111101 111111 111100110111 010101101011101 11110101111 0101 01101001011 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,436 |
Words | 335 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 7, 2, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
To my own father who loves God so much. (I never usually punctuate my poems properly, evidently, I don't really know how.)
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Written on November 17, 2023
Submitted by tortoiseofindependancy on November 17, 2023
Modified by tortoiseofindependancy on November 17, 2023
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