This is an analysis of the poem Mothers that begins with:
the last time i was home
to see my mother we kissed ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadX aeaX fd ggbdhidcbbXf hX XaajigjgXgegcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,2,12,2,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011111 0111011 01100 11000101 1001001 1111011 1010011 110010 10100011 01011101 10111001 1111111110 1111000010 10011110 011010101111 01 1110101 0111011011 1100111110 0100100101010 1110101101 01111001 1110101000101 1101 011111101 1010101010010 11100100010 011110011 0011110101 1110011 10100111011 0101101 0111 1101 11110 110011 1010010 101111 01010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Mothers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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