Analysis of Mother o' Mine
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
Scheme | aBaB cBcB ddB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 101111011 111111011 101111011 110100101 101111011 111111111 101111011 110111001 11111111 101111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 403 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
- 25 sec read
- 776 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Mother o' Mine" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 20 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/33283/mother-o%27-mine>.
Discuss this Rudyard Kipling poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In