This is an analysis of the poem My Mother that begins with:

I
Reg wished me to go with him to the field, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdadaefefgg X ghgheieiigigdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1110101001 1101101101 1001011111 0100111101 0111010001 1101000111 1100011111 0111110101 1101110101 110011101110 0111010101 11010111110 1111000101 1101011111 1 0101010010 0111000101 0101110001 01110100001 0101010101 1101010101 1011100101 10011100101 0101111101 1101011101 1101010111 1101011101 1001110111 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, she, up are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of My Mother;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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