This poem is a traditional Ballad. It is iambic, has a rhyme scheme and alternates 8-6-8-6 beats per line. This poems describes a specific event or experience which is what a Traditional Ballad is intended to do. In this case it is a young adult returning from war and seeing his mother for the first time. For this poem i wanted to explore the deep connections and feelings that family members have for each other as they live, knowing that their family member is away at war. The feelings and associations, i can imagine would be strong and sentimental. This poem fits under my theme as the ending and "homecoming" of war. I incorporated alliteration in line 7.
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