Analysis of Mama Sang
It's no place to grow up Gay!
Bigotry and ignorance dominate
To stay there is high a price to pay
Because ignorance wills it that way!
But the rugged beauty of these mountains
And the calm of precious mother's love,
Made life in these fields of coal
Endure and produce a radiant glow.
Mama's heart ached for her son, Daniel
Because some treated and abused him
Like a mangy, stray cocker spaniel.
But the taunts only made him stroneger.
Mama died today and I miss her!
My heart aches and I long to see her so.
But, she suffers no longer in pain
Because she is on that glory train.
| Scheme | AXAA XXXB CXCD DBEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 1111111 100010010 111110111 011001111 1010101110 001110101 1101111 0100101001 101110110 011100011 101011010 10110111 101010110 1110111101 111011001 011111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 564 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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