Analysis of Mother Hood



I'd rather be a mother,
Than abort one,
Bringing up a child or two,
Of unpretentious birth,
I'd rather nurse a rose babe
With warm lips against my skin,
Than wear a queen's medallion
Above a heart less blest;
I'd rather tuck a little child
All safe and sound in bed,
Than twine a chain of diamonds
About my foolish head
I'd rather wash a smudgy face
With round, bright baby eyes
Than paint the pageantry of fame,
Or walk among the wise.


Scheme ABCDEFBGHIJIKLML
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010 1011 1010111 10101 1101011 1110111 1101010 010111 11010101 110101 1101110 011101 1101011 111101 11010011 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 421
Words 83
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 339
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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