Analysis of i'm the same son
me and my old man out front again
the tobacco is sweet to my nose
a clunking moth rallies warmth from the porchlight
my dad scrapes aftershave from his skin
i hear his hand against his wiry cheek
the moon pours a pool of light at my feet
i make believe they wade in the shallow comfort
of the third step above the walk
we've been out here awhile already
the dew crawls slow on the lawn
goosebumps do the same on my arms
i've been seeing a guy at school
no one knew
until now
my old man picks himself up
from the cracking lawnchair
he shoots his dead cigarette off the porch
long into space
he slips inside and leaves me to myself
with the moonpools fading at my feet
Scheme | XXA XXAAX AXXXXX XXXXXA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 101111101 00111111 011101101 11101111 1111011101 0110111111 110111001010 10110101 111101010 0111101 1101111 11100111 111 011 1111011 10101 111101101 1011 110101111 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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