Analysis of Once More Lively
Once More Lively
Taking time out to care for my mom
I made a choice to put my own life
Aside and tend to the one
Who brought me into this world
The only person around
Caring enough to help me
Back on my feet again
Now needs my two hands
To lift her up once more.
Old age isn’t advertised as kind
Things mom did so well alone
Now require walker wheels
Medicine, doctors and nurses
Her bed is her refuge
The television her window
Her voice slurs more
But my ears are her friends
So I listen for her call.
Strokes, surgeries and hospitals
Make it hard to get around
But mom is a fighter
Who passes her spirit on
Through my heart and eyes
And the food we share
Time comes with no guarantee
Waking up to breathe says
Get up once more lively.
Copyright © 2024 Charles Edward York
No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.*
| Scheme | A XXXXBAXXC XXXXXXCXX XBDXXXAXA XD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (23%) |
| Metre | 1110 101111111 110111111 0101101 1110111 0101001 1001111 111101 11111 110111 1111011 1111101 110101 10010010 011010 0100010 0111 111101 1110101 1100010 1111101 111010 1100101 11101 00111 111101 101111 111110 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,003 |
| Words | 199 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 9, 9, 9, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
About this poem
Dedicated to my mom who is fighting to live.
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Written on February 25, 2024
Submitted by charlesedwardyork on February 25, 2024
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