Mother to [Daughter]
Abby M. Gregory 1998 (Ohio)
A Mother’s [Worth]
Is bought and told
To how she raised her daughter
A Mother’s [Hand]
Exists to be
A tool to raise her children
A Mother’s [Wit]
Is often used
To teach the world to children
So why should some,
Suffice to say,
Prepare a world of slaughter?
To teach their kind
To shake and fear
To act as dogs to Mother
Mother’s [Poison]
Sweet and simple
Fills full the mind of [Daughter]
And when time comes
For [Daughter] dear
To have children of her own
[Daughter] will do
As Mother did
And prepare her [Kids] for lunch
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Written on December 19, 2021
Submitted by abbymgregory on December 19, 2021
Modified on April 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAB AXC AXC XXB XDB CXB XDX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 538 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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