Analysis of A Mother's Lament
Nicholas Ryan 2004 (Georgia)
It was just a summer day
When you came into my life
You were molded from the clay
And your daddy, he had strife
You know I have you
Holding your hand
You left and you flew
Hoping you’ll land
I only have a few seconds
So here I begin to beckon
You’ll stand there and you will reckon
You can’t go just for a second
You’ll try and defy the odds
You’ll try and dignify god
You’ll try and say imma fraud
But you destroy the facades
We can meet again somewhere
Up there in that big wide air
Let me be free from down here
I just want to disappear.
You know I have you
Holding your hand
You left and you flew
Hoping you’ll land
I only have a few seconds
So here I begin to beckon
You’ll stand there and you will reckon
You can’t go just for a second
You’ll try and defy the odds
You’ll try and dignify god
You’ll try and say imma fraud
But you destroy the facades
It was just a summer day
When you came into my life
And I’m glad you're here today
Scheme | ABab CDCD EFFGHIJH kkxx CDCD EFFGHIJH ABa |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 1110101 1110111 1010101 0110111 11111 1011 11011 1011 11010110 11101110 11101110 11111010 1100101 110101 110111 1101001 111011 1101111 1111111 111101 11111 1011 11011 1011 11010110 11101110 11101110 11111010 1100101 110101 110111 1101001 1110101 1110111 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 931 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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