Analysis of Mama

joe Swindell 2053 (Miami, Fl.)



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
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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