To My Working Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HFIF JKLM NOCP QRSP TUFP VHWP XHYP CCZP A2IB2C2 FC2D2E2 F2F2 CG2H2N LI2FJ2 FCK2P F2L2PP M2LN2O2 P2FFQ2 R2S2ZT2 CU2ZV2 FCW2 V2E2X2Y2 ZE2Z2W2 A3B3MY2 I2C3PP D3D3 E3F3G3H3| You left me in the creche | A |
| When I was barely for month old | B |
| I mistook her for my mother | C |
| And you deeply felt the remorse | D |
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| Then you left me with a maid | E |
| Who had no love for me | F |
| To her I was a chore | G |
| To be done in a jiffy | F |
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| Then you said I am grown up | H |
| Maid need not be | F |
| I didn't feel like coming home | I |
| For errie silence beckoned me | F |
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| I had to eat what you cooked | J |
| Whether I liked or not | K |
| How i missed hot food | L |
| Served with so much love | M |
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| I still remember the day | N |
| I badly hurt my legs | O |
| Neighbours took me to doctor | C |
| You were not there | P |
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| Many a times I wished | Q |
| Someone would hold my bag | R |
| And bring it up the stairs | S |
| Alas you were not there | P |
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| I vividly remember the times | T |
| I forgot something in school | U |
| But no one could bring it for me | F |
| Sadly you were not there | P |
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| I still remember those competitions | V |
| Friends mother would come to cheer them up | H |
| I had no incentive to win | W |
| You were not there | P |
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| I had to do my things | X |
| I had to grow up | H |
| For if something happened | Y |
| No one was there | P |
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| All alone I often wonder | C |
| Are you really my mother | C |
| For everytime i needed you | Z |
| You were not there | P |
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| How i envied my friends | A2 |
| Whose mother were there at home | I |
| They could relax in peace | B2 |
| Their mothers took care of them | C2 |
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| If food was not tasty | F |
| Mothers would cook something else for them | C2 |
| They had someone to share their thoughts | D2 |
| And help them in their work | E2 |
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| Here I was all alone | F2 |
| For no fault of my own | F2 |
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| I wish I had a mother | C |
| Who would open the door with smiling face | G2 |
| I would rush into her arms | H2 |
| And share the happenings of day | N |
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| She would feed me hot food | L |
| With her own hands | I2 |
| And give me piping hot tea | F |
| Whenever I want | J2 |
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| Alas that cannot be | F |
| For I have a selfish mother | C |
| Who doesn't know | K2 |
| About love and care | P |
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| How could you leave me alone | F2 |
| In this bad bad world | L2 |
| Didn't it give you a scare | P |
| This is not love and care | P |
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| Every time you noticed | M2 |
| I had not eaten the food | L |
| Didn't you feel the guilt | N2 |
| Didn't it pinch and hurt | O2 |
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| If money was so important | P2 |
| Why you give birth to me | F |
| I don't need your money | F |
| I need your presence in life | Q2 |
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| By the time you come back | R2 |
| It is my play time | S2 |
| I have no connect with you | Z |
| The word mother is only for name | T2 |
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| I barely get an hour | C |
| In which I have to do it all | U2 |
| I have to remember to remind you | Z |
| Everything before hand | V2 |
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| I want to be irresponsible careless and sloppy | F |
| I too want a mother | C |
| Who would do everything for me here | W2 |
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| I still don't understand | V2 |
| Why you need to work | E2 |
| Is father's money not enough | X2 |
| For all of us | Y2 |
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| Everytime I tell you | Z |
| not to go to work | E2 |
| You see I will get bored | Z2 |
| There is nothing to do here | W2 |
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| Working from morning till night | A3 |
| What do you get | B3 |
| A life bereft of | M |
| Peace and happiness | Y2 |
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| I have a lover who feeds me lovingly with hands | I2 |
| Runs small errands | C3 |
| With him everything I share | P |
| For my lover really does care | P |
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| If you don't like it | D3 |
| Leave your job and quit | D3 |
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| Our house may be small in size | E3 |
| But it will be big in smiles | F3 |
| We may not have luxuries and comforts | G3 |
| But we will surely have joy peace and sleep | H3 |
Gopal Krishnan
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Gopal krishnan: Most mother's now a days are working. Read to find out what goes in the mind of a child if mother is working.
An emotional, touching poem.
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