Analysis of The babies kiss
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
The baby's kisses showered me
And rubbed their lips exploring glee
Like a little puppy sniffing for tea
My cheeks were so old and wrinkly
But texture to a sweet baby.
| Scheme | AAABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 01010101 01110101 1010101011 1101101 11010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Written on June 13, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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