This is an analysis of the poem Mother's Story that begins with:

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My mother's eyes became yellowish, egg-yoke like....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab cc defg h X i gX j fkldh Xg dl bX g e g L m g ie L h e gnXh ngge ef n ea X gX j X gn hl h Xm j Xh gcgX o l o h em b gnh c nbmc f ehm h X l k b Xgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,1,1,1,2,1,5,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,4,4,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,4,1,1,1,1,2,1,3,1,4,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101100111 01011100111001101 100111010 1101001111111010101111 1010011011110101 1000111010010 10100001 1000010011010111 10011001001001 110101010110 10110 0100100110101 11101 10011010111110 100111110001 001110010001010 0110010101 0110110110 01101 01101001 111001 0101111001 01101010 1111010011100 0010 11101111010010 01010010 111011111101 00101010101 00100101 111010111010 11011 10110111 1110010 00100101 1110101111010010011001 11010 01010111100110 11011110111 11011101010110 11011010101010 11010110111 001100010 11011001011 1001011010110 110101110111 1010101000100 111 11101110011 10110110100011 110110001001000 10011101111 10011111001 110101100001 1 1011100010 11101 10101110 111011 111010 1011011001 101101010010001010 10100011001 10101 011001101 1001111001010 100101111 0100010010 11111011 101001 0100111010001 11111111 00101 010101010010 0100010 1010101011 101010100010 101010101 1001001101 11110101 01000110101 1100100110 1001011100010010 10101100001 101000 101101101 1001110101010 10111001010 1100100110 101 0110010010100 100101000111 1100 1011 10010 1110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • 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; to, would, had, her, it, she, wished are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words telling, it, she are repeated.

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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