Analysis of Courage to Love.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Balloons were floating from strings
Like sparse spectacles of pink and blue.
The baby rocked inside its pouch
Seeing nought but dream of heavens hue
Voices competed with the heart in waves
Flooding the air singing one who saves
The baby was here, the time was nigh
She let out her screams, they let out a sigh.
Covered and cleaned and held up high
A strapping healthy baby boy.
| Scheme | ABCBDDEEEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0101011 111001101 01010111 101111101 1001010101 100110111 010110111 1110111101 10010111 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 368 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 304 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Written on October 07, 2021
Submitted by heathert.34240 on October 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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