Analysis of 33 Birthdays
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
1 God being born
2 mother/father being born
3 father/mother being born
4 Making of the egg in ovary
5 Making of the sperm in epididimas
6 sperm entering the testicle
7 release of the egg into fallopian tube
8 egg entering the uterus
9 egg attaching to the womb
10 sperm entering the vas deferens
11 sperm entering the ejaculatory duct
12 sperm entering the prostate
13 sperm entering the urethra
14 sperm entering the glans penis
15 sperm entering the Navicular fossa
16 sperm passing the meatus
17 sperm entering the vagina
18 sperm entering the cervix
19 sperm entering the womb
20 sperm entering the egg
21 growth heart brain etc
21 Baby breathing water for the first time
22 Awareness of growth hands etc
23 baby leaving the egg sack
24 baby breathing water outside the egg sack for the first time
25 baby leaving the womb
26 baby entering the cervix
27 baby entering the vagina
28 baby passing the labium minors
29 baby passing the labium majors
30 baby breathing water outside the egg sack for the first time
31 baby breathing air for the first time
32 baby breathing only air for the first time
33 adult dying and breathing only love for the first time
Scheme | AAABCDECFCGHICCCICFJIKILKFCICCKKKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1010101 1010101 101010100 1010101 11000100 011010101001 11000100 1010101 1100011 1100011 110001 1100010 11000110 1100011 11001 11000010 1100010 110001 110001 111100 1010101011 010111100 1010011 101010110111011 101001 10100010 101000010 10100110 10100110 101010110111011 101011011 10101011011 01100101011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,162 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 34 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 945 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 213 |
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Written on August 08, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on August 08, 2022
Modified by HeatherLydiaThornhill on August 08, 2022
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