This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Of Motherhood Xxxi that begins with:

Beloved, I who shall be mother soon
Need mothering myself this tired hour,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba aXcaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101110101 11001101010 11000111010 1111111101 1011110001 01111101010 11010101010 1011010111 1111011111 1111001101 11110111101 1111100101 1101110100 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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