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Quatrain · Poems About Mom

Still Learning

by The QuillOak Editors

1You taught me how to tie my shoes,

2to say I'm sorry and mean it too,

3to stand back up each time I fell.

4I'm still learning. I'm learning from you.

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Quick facts

Poem
Still Learning
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
4 lines
Form
Quatrain, Rhyming Poems, Short Poems
Themes
Poems About Mom, Family, Short

Craft notes

How this poem works

Measured from the text on this page, not copied from a summary. Counts are approximate: syllables and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, which models General American English, so dialect, older pronunciation, and performance can all change what you hear.

Shape
4 lines · one 4-line stanza
End rhyme
ABCB — ballad rhyme — only lines 2 and 4 chime.
Line length
Consistent with long metre. Four eight-syllable lines (8.8.8.8), the hymn stanza's longer cousin.
The poem’s silhouette — approximate syllables per line, measured from the text above. Even bars mean a measured line; ragged bars mean the poem sets its own widths.

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Source record
QuillOak originalStill Learning, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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Editorial handling
Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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