Analysis of An Ode to a new Mom
Maham Syedain 1993 (Karachi)
Rocking the baby all through the night,
she rolled over the bed many times,
Aching bones and messy hair,
broken spirits, puffy eyes,
but who cares?
It is half past three but no sign of sleep,
the mother wept but silently.
"No oh no dear you can't complain,
'You are a mother', they said,
you are born to be brave."
"Sleep my baby, sleep through the night,
Let your mother rest for a while."
The baby was reluctant and wide awake,
Putting the mother in dismay.
The mother pulled out all the stops,
Finally the baby dozed off.
'Oh, I can now sleep' sighed the mother in relief,
But then she saw the unwashed feeders,
the unfolded clothes and the leftover beef.
'This is not happening,' she murmured in disbelief.
But this was a story of every single day,
A story she cannot escape or delay.
A mother's chores are countless and perpetual,
Just so that it becomes a ritual.
Yet, as time will pass by,
These little feet will grow in the blink of an eye.
She can then rest as much she wants,
'but what about her youth that has already gone?'
'Age is just a number,' they replied,
She will have plenty of time once the kids fly high,
"What about her bones that will start to crack?
Who will look after her kids when she is not well?"
Such questions keep rising in a mother's mind,
She knows her responsibilities are eternal and her thoughts kind.
But a mother also needs rest, care and respect,
Amidst all the roles she play,
striving to be perfect,
each and everyday.
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Metre | 100101101 111001101 1010101 1010101 111 1111111111 01011100 11111101 1101011 111111 11101101 11101101 01010100101 10010001 01011101 10001011 111111010001 111100110 0010100101 111100110001 1110101100101 01011001101 010111000100 1111010100 111111 110111001111 11111111 110101110101 111010101 111101110111 1010111111 111100111111 11011000101 1100010010100011 101010111001 0110111 101101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,477 |
Words | 326 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
This poem portrays events a new mother goes through each day and can relate to the highs and lows of motherhood.
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Written on August 20, 2022
Submitted by maham.syedain on October 27, 2022
Modified on April 02, 2023
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