Analysis of Sonnet Of Motherhood XLV
Zora Bernice May Cross 1890 (Eagle Farm, Queensland) – 1964 (Glenbrook, New South Wales)
Dearest, your mother feels (though dead) this birth—
Laughs at the fire within your shining eyes—
Your eyes, yet mine, wherein such glory lies
Never before beheld upon the earth.
She scents the fragrance of the lily-mirth
Lilting this body that I drew all-wise
Out of your own, so hers, and with low sighs,
Mellowed in mine to what a wondrous worth.
Kiss me. Kiss her. The miracle is wrought—
The simple beauty out of simple love—
Mother and father, child and God—all One—
Eternal trinity for ever sought.
O, blessed from her quiet place above,
Your mother kisses us—a life’s work done.
| Scheme | ABBAABBA CDECDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
| Metre | 1011011111 11010011101 1111011101 100110101 1101010101 111011111 1111100111 1001110101 1110010011 0101011101 1001010111 0101001101 111010101 1101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 597 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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