Analysis of The Call
Jessica Medina- Isolda 1978 (New York City)
I received a call last night from my son
I love you I miss you
God look what I’ve done
Mommy mommy please come home to me tonight
I give up I surrender I can no longer fight
Piercing cries his feeling secure departed
Did I see his pain or even care when it started
A mixture of loving and hurtful words spoken
I look at the bear he once gave as a token
A token of his love and sincere affection
I turn away from the mirror cant bear my reflection
Do you love me mommy what did I do wrong?
God please by your grace let me be strong
He needs me. I’m his mom. That’s what I’m supposed to do. Right?
Instead, Why do I continue to choose the path with destruction and death in sight?
End it. If I end it he will eventually forget won’t he?
Why torture him and prevent him from being the best he can be?
A tortured soul not his, but MINE slipping into the depths of no return
It’ll be over soon if you don’t stop you’ll end up in an urn
Mommy why did you go and leave me don’t you love me anymore?
I was always too selfish and chose to let the devil settle the score
I crumble to the floor when I hear his cries asking why God why?
I don’t love you! I don’t even love myself
I can no longer lie
I hate you. Don’t ever come home. I’ll just pretend you are dead.
He doesn’t understand too young to realize. It’s time to go. The nurse called me to bed.
Terrified and filled with fear of the unknown
Words are just meaningless he needs to be shown
Hope once I fix myself and I’m able to make amends
Maybe he will accept me back I guess it all depends
Too many times I left. Chose to walk away from what was right.
The darkness prevailed but I’m hanging on with all my might.
Please forgive me and know someday I’ll tell you why
Like I said you’re dead to me this is my last goodbye
He hangs up the phone the call has ended
Two lives forever changed two hearts unmended
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Metre | 1010111111 111111 11111 10101111101 1111010111101 10111001010 1111111011110 010110010110 111011111010 010111001010 11011010111010 11111011111 111111111 11111111101111 01111010110110100101 11111111010000111 1101001111001111 010111111001011101 111011111111011 101111011111101 11111001110101001 1101011111110111 1111111011 111101 111110111101111 1101111101111011111 1001111001 11110011111 1111101101101 10110111111101 110111111011111 01001111011111 10110111111 111111111111 1110101110 110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,870 |
Words | 378 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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