Analysis of Tender strength

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



Hold me close to your wild chest
Soft in Claws beating within zest
How you hide the deepest sin at rest
Can no more fit in your cubs feeding
See how lovely softness can taste
Yet look into his eyes he has to kill
So hold this tender lion until
He must free himself of himself
Yet return to find tender wild chest
And watch his own rest in their nest.
How the bird holds seed as it grows
Waking lions grow from the cold
So be not afraid of growing old.
For your soul is timeless and bold.


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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 490
Words 101
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 386
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Written on October 21, 2023

Submitted by heathert.34240 on October 21, 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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