Analysis of For My Mother Whom I Can't Touch
Rechelle Elizabeth DeMoss 1981 (Lafayette)
When I watch you
Through those crying eyes
Knowing I can't hold you
Or when I hear your voice
On the other end of the line
Knowing you are so near
Yet so far away
Or when I watch the endless hours go by
Wishing you were here
Knowing you can be
Yet wondering why you can't
I stand up
For much hope
I stand up
| Scheme | abacdefghijKlK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 11101 101111 111111 10101101 101111 11101 11110101011 10101 10111 1100111 111 111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem in 10th grade when my parents got divorced. My dad got sole custody of my brother and I and wouldn't allow us to see or talk to our mother so I wrote this for her.
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Written on 1996
Submitted by rechellesavoie on January 29, 2023
Modified on March 15, 2023
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