Analysis of A Mother’s Grief



In the silent chambers of a mother's soul,
A tempest rages, beyond control.
Her heart a battlefield, of grief and pain,
Where echoes of loss endlessly remain.

Each breath a burden, each sigh a cry,
As she pleads with the empty sky.
But in the silence, she hears no reply,
As tears fall softly from her eyes.
For her daughter's gone beyond her reach,
A void in her heart impossible to breach.

The air grows thin, suffocating tight,
The memories dance in the fading light.
Her lungs once full now gasp for air,
Caught in the grip of a despairing snare.

With every heartbeat a painful throb,
Echoing your absence to this endless sob.
Her chest aches with the weight of loss,
A mother's struggle, a heavy cross.

Each day will be a struggle, each night a fight,
Against the shadows of the night.
For in the depths of sorrow's embrace,
She finds herself lost without a trace.

Her dreams shattered, her hopes laid bare,
In the cruel grip of despair.
She longs to embrace her daughter just once more,
To mend these broken pieces, to be restored.

Yet still she breathes though the air is thin,
Fighting against the storm within.
For though her daughter may no longer be,
She knows now she’s eternally free.


Scheme AABB CCCXDD EEFF GGHH EEII FFXX JJKK
Poetic Form Etheree  (27%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 00101010101 010100101 010101101 1101110001 110101101 11110101 1001011101 11110101 101010101 01001010011 01111001 0100100101 01111111 1001100101 110010101 10011011101 01110111 010100101 11110101101 0101101 10011101 110110101 01100111 00101101 11101010111 11110101101 111110111 10010101 1101011101 111101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,205
Words 251
Sentences 15
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 31

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Parent’s shouldn’t have to bury their kids! This is about my grief of losing my daughter.

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Written on March 22, 2024

Submitted by Melody.martinez86 on March 22, 2024

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