Analysis of An object of memory.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
From the paint on the walls
Laboured long over time
A memory was laid down
That memory once mine
White washed and forgotten.
Like the withering leaf
Of drawings on paper
By childhood's release
No more such vision in demand.
Empty and clear
The wind breezes through and
No longer the memory
Of mine here to do
Damage to mind
As your mind passes too.
Apologies nought
A display of mere truth
Beliefs are but dust now
The work built into
Civilities web
As each life weaves and ebs.
But so lives on the memories
Strong in our lives
Ones close to home
Compulsions that thrive.
Scheme | AXXXX XXXB XXXCXC BXXCXA XXXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 101101 11101 0100111 110011 110010 101001 110110 1101 11110001 1001 011010 1100100 11111 1011 111101 01001 001111 011111 01101 11 111101 11110100 10101 1111 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 6, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Possessions retain memories.
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Written on February 04, 2022
Submitted by heathert.34240 on February 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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