Analysis of As the rose closes.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
As the rose closes its velvety petols
and the dreamers set off on their nightly patrols,
The owl spreads its wings wider.
What of such beautiful things to behold?
A gentle mind alone could find the words,
the words to justly describe,
a humble world so vulnerable with volcanoes deep inside.
The depths of souls could not resist to sing in subtle jest for dreamers have no clue what dangers befall them on their quest.
And such unknowns of mystery and vastness in the grey, what of them in this season dry as May.
And what of such courage in each kindling light.
Courage so to see us through this restful night.
| Scheme | AABCADEFGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011011001 001011111001 0111110 1111001101 0101011101 0111001 0101110001010101 01111101110101110111110011111 010111000100011110110111 01111001101 10111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 612 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 489 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Written on March 21, 2022
Submitted by heathert.34240 on March 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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