Analysis of The Worlds a Special Place.

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



I don't have to look far to see why,
before the big D I let out a sigh.
My only child who still likes to try,
Like this I have to notice the airborn cries,
Technological advancements, planets on our course.
People at airports waiting in turn for faces that light up so quickly it yearns.
I look at the flora and see their shapes,
Some of them older yet proud in their states.
People pipping to the post, flying through thought but going so slow.
Eyes look at me and I stumble to look back, then I look so hard it seems an attack.
I scratch at stones on a brittle wall, passing I feel weakness in something so strong.
And strength in carrying someone so small; in reading him the Bible so he doesn't feel alone.


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Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 700
Words 138
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 554
Words per stanza (avg) 138

About this poem

Childhood eyes.

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Written on September 13, 2021

Submitted by heathert.34240 on October 04, 2021

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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