Analysis of Mom



My mother once told me not to make faces or it would stick like that;
Not to swallow my gum or my stomach would stick together;
That eating carrots improves your vision;
That I could have all of the ice I wanted when I got my tonsils out;
Not to pick your nose or you'd poke your eye out;
"Don't pick a scab or it won't heal."
Bless her heart.


Scheme ABCDDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111110111111 111011111011010 1101001110 111111011101111101 11111111111 11011111 101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 368
Words 75
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 270
Words per stanza (avg) 70
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Submitted by dougnoel on July 27, 2020

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Douglas Noel

Douglas is a published poet who have been accorded several awards for his poetry. He is a former teacher of 40 years the last 13 of which focused on teaching middle school children to write especially using various poetic forms. more…

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