Analysis of Mother
Last breath
I was there,
a slight breeze
of disease
in the air.
First breath
you were there,
a smile of
joy for your
baby boy.
It takes such
a long time to
grow up,
and such a
short time
to grow old
| Scheme | ABCCB ABXXX XXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 111 011 101 001 11 101 011 111 101 111 0111 11 010 11 111 |
| Characters | 225 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 9 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
I was with my mother the moment she died and this poem reflects the thoughts I had at that moment.
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