This is an analysis of Father Of A Boy Named Sue by Shel Silverstein.

(Okay now years ago I wrote a song called A Boy Named Sue and that was okay
And everything except then I started to think about it and I thought…

Browse poems by Shel Silverstein

Structure

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  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 34

Repeated words/phrases

and, i, to, gettin', he, with, my, his, in, him

Anaphora

and