Analysis of To want nothing
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
To want nothing
To be truly free
To have enough
Whatever it be
To have noone
For eternity
No love forever
Right beside me
To need no taste
Nor tender thought
No body disgraced
Not over enthralled
To want no feeling
Not to have to call
To want nothing
After all
Leaves a hole I know
Instead of feeling whole
An urgent need to fill
With whatever can it still
A light, a soul, a creator, a lord
Or simply a message
That isn't so hard
| Scheme | AbcbdbebfgfhaiAijkllmno |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 11101 1101 1011 111 10100 11010 1011 1111 1101 11001 11001 11110 11111 1110 101 10111 011101 110111 110111 0101001001 110010 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 430 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 23 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 86 |
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Written on March 12, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on March 12, 2023
Modified on March 23, 2023
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