Analysis of Sleeping in lavender fields.

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



I slept on her lap
And breathed in her scent
The scent of lavender candles
eased my descent
But she didn't know then quite what it meant
Nor I until this living moment hurt and bent
She played with my ears until they hurt and lent
Like a cheeky child's innocent torment
Until I awakened now facing this mornings lament.
And God be willing my birth can be forgiven, for penance of life to be spent.


Scheme ABCBBBBBBB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 11101 01001 01110010 1101 1110111111 110111010101 11111011101 101011001 01101011011001 01110111101011011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 399
Words 79
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 317
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Written on June 27, 2022

Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 27, 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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