Analysis of A Women's Life
MADONNA HEADLEY 1985 (United States)
I am only one
But I must be all 3
Mother wife daughter
A caregiver I shall be
No one knows the struggle
How hard it can get
To be the one they come to
When sad hurt or upset
As sit here in the dark
With one last worry and sigh
I wonder do they notice
That on the inside I cry
I would not change anything
I'll be there till my end
Even though I struggle
To be the best for them.
| Scheme | XXXX ABXB XCXC XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11101 11111 10110 010111 111010 11111 1101111 111101 111001 1111001 1101110 1100111 111110 111111 101110 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
What it's like for me as a mom, a wife, and daughter.
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Written on February 27, 2023
Submitted by mnheadley3047 on February 27, 2023
Modified on April 20, 2023
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