Analysis of The hovering magpies romance
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
The magpie was not fully grown
He sat too still, too long - on his own
And when he moved he ruffled along, the fence
So hungry, turning way too much and hence
Fluffy coat kept him strong in man's suspence - in, the, air.
Such was his life until his mothers care he could not touch
And as he came of age of mouth
Fending for himself north and fending for his sibling south
His hovering forward became a glide
Proud like the sea and steep like the tide
One mournful day he lost his sibling
And looked upon a female wing
They moved their necks just to entrance
When twer held by hands of a black man, in spring
For God had chosen them to bring
Their frantic cries into a song to sing
They felt the lychee tree touch them - in, the, breeze.
When they were gently to be free by a white bride to be
And when nestling happily, a, tiny, egg
Also came to be and chirped wild a cry and gave a tiny sneeze for it was sick and for its end
A lifetime in the making
A beacon, a friend.
a light in the dark
For an angel in, the, park.
And from the tiny egg was born
A soul with potential carried on, the, morn
With eyes opened first only for the angel
As their light tiny hearts were trembling.
Were trembling.
Then, stopped, trembling.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGGHGGGIJKLGLMMNNOGGG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 0111101 111111111 01111100101 1101011101 101111011001 11110111011111 01111111 10101101011101 1100100101 110101101 110111110 0101011 11111110 11111101101 11110111 1101010111 1101111001 11010111101111 01101000101 101110110101010111110111 010010 01001 01001 1110001 01010111 01101010101 11101101010 1111010100 0100 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,225 |
Words | 252 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 949 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 244 |
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Written on June 12, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 12, 2022
Modified by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 22, 2022
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