Analysis of Time With Mom
I watched the two of them
Sitting on the couch.
Working a Jig-Saw puzzle,
Searching for the parts to a house.
Their gazes intent,
Glancing back and forth.
Mother and Daughter,
Searching for pieces
To contribute their worth.
Engrossed they were
In this special time.
The Love came through
In This time with Mom.
As the evening wore on
The confusion began.
Just like a curtain
Slowly going down.
Mom was getting tired,
Wanted to retire to bed.
Conversations started
Of the thoughts in her head.
Memories of the past
People long dead.
They were still around
That's what she said.
When all tucked in,
She was made as comfortable as could be.
Now it was our time.
My wife and me.
Tomorrow's coming
As quick as could be.
Whatever it brings
We'll surely see.
As we pass the hours
Spending Time With Mom.
Scheme | XXXX XXAXX ABXC XXXX XDXD XDXD XEBE XEXE XC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (31%) |
Metre | 110111 10101 1001110 10101101 11001 10101 10010 10110 101011 0110 01101 0111 01111 101011 001001 11010 10101 111010 1010111 01010 101001 100101 1011 10101 1111 1110 11111000111 111101 1101 0110 11111 1011 1101 111010 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 805 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
My 85 year old mother-in-law is living with my wife and myself and she has the beginning stages of dementia. She's usually okay until around three or four in the afternoon and then like a curtain slowly going down starts to lose track of her surroundings and who we are. My wife tries to keep her as active as she can and takes it all in stride. I watched the two of them working on a puzzle one day last month and this poem just came out.
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Written on April 23, 2022
Submitted by larrymize on May 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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