Analysis of The Milk of Heaven
I had a feeling . . .
When the beacon of self revelation
Prayed through me
Like a sea change in winter
I had a feeling . . . all along . . .
That the derisive grin of calamity
Would not take me
Shake me like a toy
Lay me on my cooling board
I had that feeling . . .
Up and down this walled city
Or laying wrapped in whispers
I felt, in the end
My progeny would smile back at me
I felt that the arms of something fine
On wings of beaten gold
Would find there way to me
Wrap themselves around me and feed me
Mouth to mouth the Milk of Heaven
That feeling it came over me
| Scheme | ABCDECCFGACHICJKCCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 11010 101011010 111 1011010 11010101 10010110100 1111 11101 1111101 11110 1011110 1101010 11001 110011111 111011101 111101 111111 101011011 11101110 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 549 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 432 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 124 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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