Analysis of Rhythm
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
The night was slowing and an angel still
Meditating to heartbeats at rift,
Two human beings at the start of his shift.
Their breathing wheezy, their rhythm bliss.
The mothers heartbeat was faster and ill.
He looked into her chakra for the pill.
She was anguished her photographs nill,
Deleted that day by fates unbiased will
He sensed that she was about to wake
By questions of God and heavens sake
He moved to an energy she never takes
and stepped back into his meditative womb
Her breathing seemed too fast too soon
She has grown tired and God forsaked
This illness of hers her own mistake
So he moved her energy for comforts sake with his light, and love, and a peaceful shake.
But it was not enough and her eyes drew high
And he knew that she was about to fly
And so she coughed and then she spluttered and then she had to say goodbye.
She heard her son say I don't want you to die
She said I'm just going to see grandma in the sky
And I'll be back in the blink of an eye.
Scheme | ABBXAAAA CCXXXBCCDDDDDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111001101 1001111 11010101111 11011101 010111001 110101101 11100101 0101111101 111110111 110110101 11111001101 0110111001 01011111 11110011 110100101 111010011011110100101 11110100111 0111110111 011101110111111 11011111111 1111101110001 0111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 978 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 14 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 386 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Written on June 26, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 26, 2022
Modified by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 26, 2022
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