Analysis of The Inescapable Cycle of Womanhood
Women are expected to be mothers
Making suppers, tucking covers
And when they’re not they’re shamed.
The stay at home mums who sacrificed their life
Finally realise time has not been nice
So years and years of suppressing their resentment
Manifests itself with not much contentment
"I am living my life through you" she said.
Now I know she just was expressing her thoughts
But it made me full of such deep remorse
Meaning those words spoken that night
Could somehow in my brain ignite
A feeling of true and utter guilt
Yet somehow make me want to build
Cycles of women will not end due to my chastity
So becoming a mother will be my reality
As I can't deal with their look of disappointment
When they find out I don't want to be extorted
So i’ll blame my daughter causing my decline
But hope she doesn't continue our line
Scheme | AAX XXBBX XXCCXX DDBXEE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1010101110 10101010 011111 0111111011 100111111 110110101010 1001111010 1110111111 11111101001 1111111101 10111011 1101101 010110101 1111111 10110111111100 101001011110 11111111010 111111111010 11111010101 11110010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 838 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
About this poem
This is a poem about motherhood, and ow from a young age I've always been pressured to have children, and subsequently leave their work. My mother did it. She hated it. I won't.
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Submitted by Aurelianova on June 15, 2022
Modified by Aurelianova on June 15, 2022
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