Analysis of Tight grip
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Got a tight grip on your hand
Walk
But as your head turns to fresher land
Talk
I can merely mimic all of our yesterdays
Walk
Locking eyes on an empty lanturn
Talk
Our flame a wimper of where we used to lay
Walk
Yet cautious care keeps our thoughts together
Talk
To win would be to loose everything all over again
Walk
To loose is to be here for one another
Talk
Merging love with hate, fate with plan
Walk
The steer unknown
Talk
Wild storms grown old and weak
Walk
We live yet light brings us through meak wanderings
Talk or...
| Scheme | aBaBcBdBeBfBdBfBdBdBgBhi |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111 1 111111101 1 111010111010 1 10111101 1 10101111111 1 11011101010 1 1111111011001 1 11111111010 1 10111111 1 0101 1 111101 1 11111111100 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 527 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 24 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 421 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Written on March 09, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on March 09, 2023
Modified on March 13, 2023
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