Analysis of “Angel”
To my tiny unborn soul
Whose life never came to be
It doesn’t mean I love you less
But would your life have made less of me
Oh to be a mother
A blessing to be sure
The circle of life completed
A birth is something so pure
Is that all I am supposed to do
Is that all that’s expected of me
It sounds so selfish
But is that all I really mean
I chose not to give you life
You came to me too soon
I knew I could never give you
The sun , the stars, the moon
If I can’t do it in this life
Should others make that call
Should those who rule the land today
Decide a woman’s life at all
And so my little Angel
I will keep you in my heart
If we meet again someday
May we never be apart
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CAXX DECE DFGF XHGH |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 1110111 1110111 1111111 111111111 111010 010111 01011010 0111011 111110111 111101011 11110 11111101 1111111 111111 11111011 010101 11111011 110111 11110101 101111 0111010 1111011 111011 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
This is about having to make a choice whether to bring a child into the world , the ramifications of that, heartbreak , and whether laws should legislate that choice .
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Written on October 15, 2021
Submitted by Terrilou on February 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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