Analysis of Outside the Womb
Outside the Womb
Wrap it tighter! Pull harder... !
I tried to hold onto the string saving the warmth of your love.
But mother! you kept on pushing!
U tossed me in a world naked to mankind...
I was compelled to be estranged.
U gave me to a father but the numbness of his, love hugged me from a far.
And the day U cut ties with him was the day they cut my chords.
The empty pockets of my chilly childhood carried the man’s absence.
Mother! a jacket would’ve been fine!
Mother! you weren’t the first to hold me.
Mother! it was you who listened all my cries and like any other parent, thought I was hungry to learn.
I became so educated, Till I wish I could’ve taught you.
But every time I try to share some courses…
I could see you leaving the hospital -
to bury the string I’ve spent my life wrapping around my fingers.
Mother, Now, I can never stay home.
The painful truth is if I could be reincarnated I’d still choose the womb.
I’d just have to pocket images of my future just so you could see how happy I am when I’m not cold.
And even I too would coil and pull that little string a little tighter to save us.
Mom I’m here.
Scheme | AX X X XX XX X X X X X XX X X A X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1110110 111110011001111 11011110 11100110111 11011101 1111010101011111101 001111111011111 0101011101100110 10010111 101101111 10111110111011010101111011 10111001111111 110011111110 111110010 1100111111001110 101111011 01011111101011101 111110100111011111110111111 010111101110101010111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,193 |
Words | 257 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
This poem is about someone who battles with parental love. The persona also went through a difficult childhood because her/his dad was absent from her/his life. Moreover, mom did not fill that void; and as an adult the persona struggles with maintaining a connection with her.
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Written on April 28, 2022
Submitted by jjoet17 on April 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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