Analysis of Mother
Katharine Lee Bates 1859 (Falmouth) – 1929 (Wellesley)
'MOTHER! Mother!' he called as he fell
In the horror there
Of a bursting shell
That strewed red flesh on the air.
Far away over sea and land:
The knitting dropt
From an old white hand,
And a heart for an instant stopt.
But it was Death, dark mother and wise,
All-tenderest,
Who kissed his eyes
And gathered him to her breast.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101011111 00101 10101 1111101 10110101 0101 11111 00111101 111111001 11 1111 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 322 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 251 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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