Analysis of The Lottery of My Life



The lottery - she said she won today, my mother;
Five thousand - she said, with a triumphant smile!
I could see my childhood, securely covered within,
Her hope, her sacrifice - In her pain, I had my gain.

Let me tell the world, conclusively, at the top of my voice,
Let me climb the top of the world to proclaim loud:  
I won it already, the lottery, the very moment of my birth,
Being born to her, in her sacred chalice of creation.

Her love, like an ocean unbounded, fills my heart.
Her love, like O2 in cells, flashes flood in my vein.
How could a man ever thank her for all she’s given,
Through her sweat, her blood, and her selfless love!

I’m no man today, had she not been my mother!
I’m not worthy; but who could ever be my mother!
Her sweat is my bread, savouring sweet in its sour.
How many deserts would make me sweat like her!


Scheme AXXB XXXC XBCX AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 0100111101110 11011100101 111110101001 010100011111 111010100101111 111011011011 111010010001010111 101100010101010 011110010111 011101101011 1101101011110 1010100101 111011111110 1110111101110 01111110110 11010111110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 846
Words 181
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 41

About this poem

A son’s reflections about his dear mom!

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Submitted by jstnperumpra on April 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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