Analysis of Seen
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
When I write I see your hand on the pen
As I think I look at your face staring at the page
As my chest rises I watch your chest fall
I hold the paper on your bended knee
When my heart stirs its your toes that curl
I am the paper but you are the tare
the piece that says
I'll leave you
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| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
| Metre | 1111111101 1111111110101 1111011111 1101011101 111111111 1101011101 0111 111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Written on September 16, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 16, 2022
Modified by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 16, 2022
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