Analysis of Motherhood
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
From out the front of being, undefiled,
A life hath been upheaved with struggle and pain;
Safe in her arms a mother holds again
That dearest miracle--a new-born child.
To moans of anguish terrible and wild--
As shrieks the night-wind through an ill-shut pane--
Pure heaven succeeds; and after fiery strain
Victorious woman smiles serenely mild.
Yea, shall she not rejoice, shall not her frame
Thrill with a mystic rapture! At this birth,
The soul now kindled by her vital flame
May it not prove a gift of priceless worth?
Some saviour of his kind whose starry fame
Shall bring a brightness to the darkened earth.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 0111111001 1001010101 1101000111 1111010001 1101111111 110010101001 010010101001 1111011101 1101010111 0111010101 1111011101 111111101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 243 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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