Analysis of Heavy Wings.
It is as a bird catching its breath
in the hands of an angel
who sits between the hearth
and the Christmas pine.
That wall closing in:
focusing the mind
on cores of your beginning;
the time you were mine.
Who you are shaped
in ancient matrix;
your body caped
in delicate feathers shine.
As the world fills
with knowledge a glow
pushing tills of items
towards your home fine.
Until no more
your need emptied
and want laid bare
only then we dine.
Scheme | XXXA XXXA BXBA XXXA XXXA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 111011011 0011110 110101 00101 11100 10001 1111010 01101 1111 01010 1101 0100101 1011 11001 101110 01111 0111 1110 0111 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 455 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Written on November 13, 2021
Submitted by heathert.34240 on November 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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