Analysis of Sorry, Mother
Oh, Mother, I’m so sorry;
Our actions have been wrong,
Taking mindless advantage
Of your patience for so long.
I grew up in your mountains
In a northern temperate zone
I thought that you would never change
If we left well enough alone.
The summers were warm but not too hot
We’d cool in your gentle streams
And winter cold was welcome
When snow fulfilled our dreams.
But now, I see you’re hurting
And I’m frightened by your pain.
Your tears fall down in deluge,
Flooding rivers with your rain.
You can’t control your hot flash.
You burst into lawless flame.
In places where your skin’s so dry,
Your droughts are gaining fame.
Your gasps of pain and anger
Become winds of such great force
Your breath sweeps everything away
That stands in its wide course.
Oh, Mother, we keep hurting you
And your water, air, and land.
But we cannot change our habits.
I hope you understand.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XEXE XFXF XGXG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101110 1010111 1010010 1110111 1110110 0010101 11111101 11110101 010011111 1101101 0101110 1101101 1111110 0110111 1111010 1010111 1101111 1101101 01011111 111101 1111010 0111111 1111001 110111 11011101 0110101 111011010 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem with concern about the environment with climate change. And added the last two lines with a bit of irony as I thought of what I personally am not doing to make much of a difference.
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Written on August 02, 2022
Submitted by janet_1 on August 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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