Analysis of Mother's Nature
She was aligned with the seasons.
When the first leaf departed from its branch,
Momma was back to work,
nurturing budding minds.
Momma’s morning commute started just before the sun touched land.
The muted hum of an engine faded into the distance
as the street light clocked out for the day.
Mom brought home more work than she left with—
accompanied by an air of eeriness.
Her presence was felt rather seen, incorporeal almost,
a force fixated on the next lesson plan,
her blinds drawn, low lights casting long shadows.
Snowstorms caked the earth in white,
but that didn't change a thing.
The bags under her eyes could be confused with fatigue
but momma was up the next morn, outpacing the sun!
Warm winds whipped through tall grass,
announcing the last days of school
and the blooming of her smiles.
The sun poured itself into our small home,
filling it to the brim with warmth,
purging the last season's cold, long shadows.
Mom coasted on those waves of light,
with strength anew,
Power
akin only to the winds of monsoons
- no longer confined to her room.
Scheme | AXXX XXX XAXXB CXXX XXXXXB CXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011010 1011010111 101111 100101 11001101010111 010111101001010 101111101 111111111 010011111 0101110111 0110101101 011111011 110101 1110101 0110011101101 110110111001 111111 01001111 0010101 01101011011 10110111 100110111 11011111 1101 10 0110101101 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,084 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Written on May 12, 2022
Submitted by DoYouSeeItToo on May 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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