Analysis of Sim

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



I haven't cried in thirty days.
I forgot how it feels in this cold haze.
Perhaps on recall its a justified hurt.
Or on the other hand, just to blurt it out, it
adjusts some selfish desire.
Instead I screamed into my pillow:
Gooooooooooooooooooooooood.
I said then instantly felt mellow.
Its not that I cry every month on the dot.
Sometimes when i feel like a societal blot.
Other times when there's just too much.
Too much understanding.
Too much demanding.
I just cry on my own design.
Then after a time I feel fine.


Scheme AABCDEBEFFGHHII
Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 11010101 1011110111 011110101 110101111111 01110010 011101110 1 111100110 111111001101 011111001001 10111111 11010 11010 11111101 11001111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 517
Words 108
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 405
Words per stanza (avg) 95
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Written on December 22, 2022

Submitted by heathert.34240 on December 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Heather Lydia Thornhill

Moods and mindsets poetry. Published. Book in progress: Don't talk rot. more…

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