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 |
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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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