Analysis of A Mother Leaving
Now that you’ve left (and at such short notice),
I worry: did you pack all that you need?
Did you take sufficient clothing, a good coat
for these late winter days?
Now that you’ve gone (no time for long goodbyes),
I wonder: where will you sleep, where will you dream?
Are there blankets where you’re going, a soft pillow
for these late winter nights?
I see you did pack some essentials:
my love, eternal gratitude,
my friendship and my heart;
at least part of it.
Now that you’ve died (your room dark and still),
I ask myself, where will you live?
But I know the answer: you now live in me
as I once lived in you.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011110 1101111111 11101010011 111101 111111111 11011111111 111011100110 111101 111111010 1101010 110011 11111 111111101 1111111 11101011101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 625 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem in 2011 on the death of a dear friend's mother
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Written on January 30, 2011
Submitted by CorneighHoff on April 13, 2023
Modified by CorneighHoff on April 13, 2023
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