Analysis of Why?
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Why H
Sigh upon a hill? A
Why sU
Be high as a cloud is still? T
Why urR
Lie and feel around? L
Why vivR
Try to be of sound mind?A
Why esurI
Benignly listen astutely?N
Why vivesC
Alpine forests fruit?T
Why urviveA
Fine breezes aloof?I
Why surviveN
Wine is peeled like a roof?C
Why surviverE?
| Scheme | ABCDEFEBEGHDIIGHE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 101010 11 11101111 11 101011 11 1111110 11 010101 11 1101 11 1101 11 111101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Written on June 27, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 27, 2022
Modified by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 27, 2022
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