This is an analysis of The Mother by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Here I lean over you, small son, sleeping
Warm in my arms,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddaabefffe fccffaaff aegXge dhhffiiddifeef
  • Stanza lengths: 15,9,6,14,
  • Metre: 1111011110 1011 11101111111 1111101101 111010101 1011011110 10110 11010001110 10111011110 010110001010 11111111111 1011110010 0101011010 00101111010 101000111 11101011110 1011 100111111 1110101111 1100111001 001011110010 01110 1111100110 010111010 1111000110 11010101 1011011010 1011011111 0010111010 0011111011 1101101010 0001 111101111 1111001111 01101111011 11101011010 10110 10101010 11110111110 101111010 1110100101 101111011 0100101111 101111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

my, your, and

Epiphora

you