Analysis of Mother's Treasures
Two little children sit by my side,
I call them Lily and Daffodil;
I gaze on them with a mother's pride,
One is Edna, the other is Will.
Both have eyes of starry light,
And laughing lips o'er teeth of pearl.
I would not change for a diadem
My noble boy and darling girl.
To-night my heart o'erflows with joy;
I hold them as a sacred trust;
I fain would hide them in my heart,
Safe from tarnish of moth and rust.
What should I ask for my dear boy?
The richest gifts of wealth or fame?
What for my girl? A loving heart
And a fair and a spotless name?
What for my boy? That he should stand
A pillar of strength to the state?
What for my girl? That she should be
The friend of the poor and desolate?
I do not ask they shall never tread
With weary feet the paths of pain.
I ask that in the darkest hour
They may faithful and true remain.
I only ask their lives may be
Pure as gems in the gates of pearl,
Lives to brighten and bless the world --
This I ask for my boy and girl.
I ask to clasp their hands again
'Mid the holy hosts of heaven,
Enraptured say: "I am here, oh! God,
"And the children Thou hast given."
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEFE DGFG XXHX XIXI HCXC XJXJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 110101111 11110010 111110101 111001011 1111101 010110111 11111010 11010101 1111111 11110101 11111011 11101101 11111111 01011111 11110101 00100101 11111111 01011101 11111111 011010100 111111101 11010111 111001010 11100101 11011111 11100111 11100101 11111101 11111101 10101110 010111111 00101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,116 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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