Analysis of To My Mother In Law, With Love
To My Mother In Law, With Love ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
July 2, 2021
How do we remember a person?
What legacy do you leave?
Do people care about the outfits you wore?
Your meatloaf, that chicken that beef?
Will those left behind deeply ponder
About the lipstick that you wore?
Or how sparkly clean and sanitized
Was your spotless kitchen floor?
Well here is exactly what I think
My brain’s been on overdrive
Thinking and contemplating
I’ll share while you’re
Still very much alive
Friend to all, not a selfish cell
Always there to share your love
With neighbors, friends, and family alike
This gift you were given from above
Have a bagel you ask with love in your heart
Have a bagel…..More coffee too?
Not to worry, we all know very well
This is just part of you
You haven’t always had an easy ride
Life’s thrown you a curve or two
You’ve learned to take it all in stride
When you’re happy or when you’re blue
Mother, wife, neighbor and friend
Many hats you’ve had to wear
You’ve tackled life’s adversities
With very little fear
A warrior when you’ve had to be
A nurturer of course as well
A nurse, a banker the Calvary
The farmer in the dell!
Always there to love your children
Always there for your beloved spouse
Always there with an invitation
To enjoy your lovely house
So what will they all remember
What is your legacy true?
It’s all of this, and so much more
Your legacy is all of you!
| Scheme | AXX BXCXDCXC XEXCE FAXA XGFG HGHG XXIX JFJF BIBI DGCG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100111 101011 1 111010010 1100111 1101010111 11011011 111011010 0101111 11101010 1110101 111010111 111110 100100 1111 110101 11110101 111111 1101010001 111010101 10101111011 10101101 1110111101 111111 11111101 1110111 11111101 11101111 1011001 1011111 11011 110101 010011111 01001111 010100100 010001 1111110 1111011 1111010 1011101 11111010 1111001 11110111 11001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,383 |
| Words | 261 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 8, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 44 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
A love poem thanking my mother in law for being just who she is.
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Written on July 02, 2021
Submitted by shulman.gary on July 02, 2021
Modified on March 07, 2023
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