Analysis of Always a mother
Cutting the umbilical cord was so tearful
and letting them go so difficult and fearful.
Confusion and doubt came flooding into my soul,
my future uncertain now that I’ve lost my role.
My nest was empty because my fledglings had flown
for they had gone their own way and left me alone.
But my undying love for them will never end
because I will always be their mother and friend.
Scheme | AABB CCDD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 100010011110 010111100010 010011100111 110010111111 11110011111 111111101101 110101111101 01111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 373 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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