Analysis of My Mother

Tonya Richardson 1968 (Mississippi)



It takes a very strong woman to be a mother, It has taken an even stronger woman to be “my” mother.

When I became a mother I finally understood your joy, love, frustration and pain,
But no matter how difficult things would get, I know without hesitation you would gladly do it all over again.

The smell of your perfume; the sound of your voice when you would rock me and sing, sitting out on the porch in grandma’s swing.

I cherish every moment we have had and will spend together, they are the memories most dear to my heart, for one day they will be all I have left when the time comes that we must part.

Thank you Mom for everything you have done and given me,
To me you are the greatest Mom that there will ever be.


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Poetic Form
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Characters 734
Words 151
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 2
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 80
Words per line (avg) 20
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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Written for my Mother

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Written on September 17, 2023

Submitted by Athomentexas2002 on October 12, 2023

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Tonya Richardson

I’m a 54 year old married mother of 2 daughters. I suffer from severe anxiety and depression. Poetry is my way of coping. more…

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