Analysis of The Human breath
It occurs all day and night,
through hairy pipes of soft flesh,
contracting and expanding the lung apparatus,
consuming vital oxygen from atmosphere,
bellowing crisp draughts of air in blood,
inflating belly pouches for flash seconds,
imparting vibrant energy to pounding heart,
embracing throat windpipe with soft cushion,
prompting production of waste in chambers of gas,
reinforcing body defense to disease,
radiating natural air conditioning in flesh stuck to skeleton,
regenerating worn out tissue cells,
purifying dark red liquid flowing through veins,
filtering shell stones from kidney sac,
heating cheek and ear when done rapidly,
reinvigorating intricate parts of brain,
occurring in gasps, shallow inhalation, puffed sensations,
even at work while in deep waters,
impossible to be stopped for more than a minute,
an involuntary reflex possesed by all living,
striking against sticky nasal foreign matter,
while entering the body,
is the beautiful and reliable human breath.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJHKLMNOPQRSTNU |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 1101111 100001001010 01010100110 100111101 01010101110 010101001101 010111110 100101101011 0101001101 100100101000111100 01001111 10011101011 100111101 1010111100 0100100111 010011000101010 101110110 0100111111010 101001011110 100110101010 1100010 1010000100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 984 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 813 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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