Analysis of He is Sleeping
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
He who is my friend
Who I have known till the end
Seen eternity with and back again
Spoke words fretful and weary to and then
Loved many times before our end
Delighted lives with our jewel remnant
Seen the fool and wise as the moon
Looked upon softly and so strong
Who I shared thoughts with for so long
He who laughs so rarely now
Yet glows up with each weary bow
He is sleeping.
He is sleeping now
| Scheme | AABBACDEEFFGF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111101 1010010101 1110010101 110101101 01011101010 10101101 10110011 11111111 1111101 11111101 1110 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 400 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 319 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Written on February 02, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on February 02, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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