Analysis of When you were born; you were nothing
When you were born; you were nothing
After cleaning; Nurse make touchable thing
Then Mom gave you warmth of her blessing
Keep growing in mom's arms; was enjoying
After 6 months; taught me technique of sitting
When she saw I'm striving; taught me crawling
After that she was teaching me; art of walking
Getting teeth was hard time; was keep crying
She worried when passing loose motions & stop eating
Whenever there is fever; was worried; keep me nursing
A lengthy process; because of that my health was falling
Bravo; being brave; keep me away from such happening
Now I am 4; time is; to go to school; but I was crying
Want to see me a big man; that's why she's not crying
Slowly; got adjusted; grade after grade; I was climbing
Now completing Elementary School for High schooling
I'm in high school; she is worried of grades; I was trying
High School study she was very strict; kept me guiding
In high school exams; I got all ‘As' still she was crying
Put me in undergraduate school; my best I was trying
I'm grown up; still she is struggling to make me something
When I left my parent for my girl friend; my Mom was crying
Hope; we don't do such thing; is the best; for that I am vying
Otherwise; will be lamenting on fate of; I am not frightening!
Scheme | AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011010 1010111001 111111010 1100111010 1011101110 1111101110 101111011110 1011111110 110110110110 01011101101110 0101011111110 10101110111100 11111111111110 1111011111110 10101011011110 101001011110 10111110111110 1110111011110 01101111111110 11001001111110 11111110011110 111110111111110 111111101111110 1011010111111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,229 |
Words | 233 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on September 27, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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