Analysis of Mother's Day 2013



Few could ever be this resilient.
they may have the Sight,
     but are seldom this brilliant.

—The manager of mansions—
No matter how the house is built,
you raise that man's sons.

The cost of your labor
is never paid through paper, but with favor
when we come back richer twenty years later.

There is no force that can break what is maternal,
—lest it be internal.

There is no weight that can crush a mother,
because even when she's pressed for much,
     her child is smothered...
With patience,
With care,
and with safety in heart.
      Mothers are proof that love is art.


Scheme AXA BXB CCC DD CXXXXEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111011010 11101 1110110 0100110 11010111 11111 011110 11011101110 11111010110 111111111010 111010 1111111010 011011111 01110 110 11 011001 10111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 587
Words 121
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 2, 7
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

This poem I wrote for all mothers: Mine, Hers, and especially the Mother of my children.

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Written on May 08, 2016

Submitted by Kingg_Leon_III on May 02, 2023

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