Analysis of Mother's Kisses
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Baby was playing and down he fell, down he fell, down he fell,
Mama will kiss him and make him well,
Oh! what a miracle this is!
Baby was running and stubbed his toe, stubbed his toe, stubbed his toe,
If mama will kiss him the pain will go-
Magical mother's kisses.
Once an angel fair and calm,
Brewed a wondrous soothing balm
From the sweet immortal flowers,
Growing in the heavenly bowers,
Then the mothers of the earth,
All were called and told its worth.
'But anoint your lips with this,'
Said the angel, 'and your kiss
Shall have magic in its touch.'
Now 'tis plain to see why such
Soothing balm for bruise or wound
In a mother's kiss is found.
Baby was playing and down he fell, down he fell, down he fell,
Mama will kiss him, and make him well,
Oh! what a miracle this is.
Baby was running and stubbed his toe, stubbed his toe, stubbed his toe,
If mama kisses him, pain will go-
Magical mother's kisses.
Scheme | AABCcD eeff gghh iijj AABCcD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101100111111111 101110111 11010011 101100111111111 1101110111 1001010 1110101 1010101 10101010 100010010 1010101 1010111 1011111 1010011 1110011 1111111 1011111 0010111 101100111111111 101110111 11010011 101100111111111 110101111 1001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 895 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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