Mother to [Daughter]



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
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 538
Words 109
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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