Analysis of Breathe
Kira McAndrew(Shoemaker) 1986 (Savannah, Georgia)
The breath that inhales air
takes the life, unfair
it swallows whole the un-dead
puts them to bed
taking away their' pain
and agony gain
which blinds the weak
that takes a bleak
shimmer of faith untold
the lights blinding from gold
that makes us see
pain throughout the glee
we do not share
only taking time to spare
the gifts of love
then releasing a dove
that gives us hope galore
to breathe once more
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFAAGGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111 10101 1101011 1111 100111 01001 1101 1101 101101 011011 1111 10101 1111 1010111 0111 101001 111101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 325 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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dedicated for Sarah C. Brady & Morgan A. Benton
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