Analysis of White fire
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
The dolphins leaped from the sea
Splashing up white fire in me
Turning for infinity
Its flames foaming imagery
far beyond the eyes could see
As endless as the drips in sea
From mighty whale to sweet jelly
Crowned in shell and seaweed atire
| Scheme | AAAAAAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101101 10111001 1010100 1110100 1010111 11010101 11011110 101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 239 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Written on June 12, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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