Analysis of Mothers
Through the vigils deep of the sable night
A mother sits in grief alone,
For her sons have gone to the battle front
And left on the hearth a crushing stone.
Beyond the stars that burn at night
She sees God's arm in pity reach;
It counsels patience, love and faith,
Heroic hearts and souls to teach.
The blue is spann'd and the tide goes out.
And the stars rain down a kindlier cheer;
And the mother turns from this throne of grief
To pierce the years with a joyous tear;
For duty born of a mother's heart
Fills all the rounds of our common day -
Yea, sheds its joy in the darkest night,
And fills with light each hidden way.
For Miss Ina Coolbrith.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110101 01010101 1011110101 011010101 01011111 11110101 11010101 01010111 011100111 00111011 0010111111 110110101 110110101 1101110101 111100101 01111101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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