Analysis of Learning to see
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Mist hits the shores
Cooling the sands with dullest demands
Hidden on blades of landing ships
Weak muscles tare and slump within
Why's screamed into the storms
As mouths are emptied of passions cold warmth
Jittering embellishments stained in loss
Bandaged and maimed
Processes marching as wheels of glory float on
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 1101 100111001 10111101 11010101 110101 1111011011 11101 1001 100101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 314 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 262 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Written on December 15, 2022
Submitted by heathert.34240 on December 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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