Analysis of My Mother’s House
My mothers house, I never left
I have to now, I am bereft.
Betrayal runs deep
I feel it in my sleep.
With my heart pounding,
I find it astounding—
You should’ve given me away
Instead of letting me stay.
I live in a dream, an allusion
And now that is my conclusion.
My eyes are quite clear—
I see you in a mirror.
Regret is too high of a price.
Move on is good advice.
Now I think I can take a breath.
Treating you like death.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11011101 11111101 01011 111011 11110 111010 1110101 0111011 110011010 01111010 11111 1110010 01111101 111101 11111101 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 435 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
My mother keeps accepting me and then rejecting me. Because of her religious beliefs.
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