Analysis of Five minutes
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
I've said so many things
In so many different ways
With thoughts that lead to dreams
Of dreams left in the hays
I check how life is going
Through these invisible days
In these five minute reviews
Where i'm still here in this play
I see myself so clearly
In this ever complex stay
One moment will be my last
Five minutes of crazy
Meaning is getting deeper
While little seems to be laid
I wish i prayed more frequently
Or meditated 'till I felt okay
The true me was here five minutes ago
And I let her slip away
| Scheme | ABCBDBEFGFHGIJGFKF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 01101001 111111 111001 1111110 1101001 0111001 1111011 111110 0110101 1101111 110110 1011010 1101111 11111100 111111 0111111001 0110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 510 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 407 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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