Analysis of Father of the sun.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
His arms held the babe
Safe and strong
Singing so softly
So far from the wrong
Tenderest hands
Gentle and long
So settling to see.
Their restfull heart beat
just where they belong.
| Scheme | ABCBDBCEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 11101 101 10110 11101 11 1001 110011 1111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 182 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Written on March 12, 2022
Submitted by heathert.34240 on March 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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