Analysis of Mother's Voice
She gives me that "disappointed look" again,
The one I know so well,
The one that leveled me as a child,
Sticks out her chin, pulls back her shoulders,
And purses her lipsticked mouth.
"You are a self-indulgent girl," she says,
"With no real understanding of the world around you."
(Even though I am 51 years old,
She still looks upon me as a "girl".)
She tuts, "You are white, from privilege,
From a stable Christian home.
You are college educated and you aren't gay.
You have it all, and you should be happy.
Why on God's earth do you need to be so rebellious?
What can you possibly have to rebel against?"
I pause and ponder, and respond quietly...
"Against you, dear Mother."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 011111 011101101 110111010 010011 1101010111 111010101011 1011111 111011101 11111110 1010101 111010001101 1111011110 1111111111010 111100111001 11010001100 011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 724 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 2, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
I once read that, as parents, we must be careful how we speak to our children because our words become their inner voice. My mother and I could hardly be more different.
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Written on September 15, 2021
Submitted by KrissLuckett on September 20, 2021
Modified by KrissLuckett on September 23, 2021
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