Analysis of Mama
Mama, I love you
I stepped in the phone booth. The light, was out
I shook my head, I wanted to shout
I closed my eyes, and leaned, on the wall
I picked up the phone, but never made a call
I said, mama I love you
This hurts deep, down inside
And, then I cried
Mama, I love you
I feel so alone
I said, I miss you, mom
And, I hung up, the phone
Oh, there was so much more that, I wanted to say
I closed the door, to the phone booth, and walked away
Mama , gave me her love, and I carry it, still.
I’ll give it back when, I find her, somewhere over the hill
The bougainvilleas, are blooming. The flowers, wet with the dew
Those, flowers are constant! And they remind me, of you
I picked up the phone. But, never made the call
I closed my eyes, and leaned, on the wall
I said, mama I love you
This hurts deep, down inside
And, I cried, mama, I love you
I feel so alone. I said, I miss you, mom
And, I hung up, the phone
There was so much more that, I wanted to say
I closed the door, to the phone booth, and walked away
Mama, gave me her love, and I carry it, still.
I’ll give it back when, I find her
Somewhere, over the hill
Scheme | A bbccADdAefEgGhhaaccADafEgGhxh |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 10111 1100110111 111111011 111101101 11101110101 1110111 111101 0111 10111 11101 111111 011101 111111111011 110110110101 101101011011 1111111011001 011100101101 1101100101111 11101110101 111101101 1110111 111101 01110111 11101111111 011101 11111111011 110110110101 101101011011 11111110 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,129 |
Words | 238 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 29 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 415 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Written on March 22, 2021
Submitted by Pooocat on August 11, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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