Analysis of Mother Lies
Aliha Fehmeed 2007 (lahore)
Seated on mother's lap
By the candlelight
Drowsy, oh her soft voice!
Delicate, sweet as honey as if murmuring a lullaby
She carries me to my bed
I'm asleep, at least I pretend to be, hoping she doesn't notice my half-open eye and wide, toothless smile
Tucks me in, plants a kiss on my forehead
Whispering, oh my beautiful child!
Her footsteps retract, fading into the night
Just before the light dies away
I pick up the fairy tales she read to me
Words are meaningless scribbles and dots, pictures mesmerise
Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella
Hidden by the façade of fantasy
Their truth disguised
I'd soon come to learn the world so full of deception and lies.
| Scheme | XABX CXCX AXDB XDXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 1010 101011 100111011100010 1101111 101111011110110101110101101 1101011110 100111001 0101100101 10101101 11101011111 111001001101 10010010 1010111100 1101 111110111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 130 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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