Analysis of Walk on the lantern of peers

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



Her pathway weaved into a holy peer
As if some Pegasus had led her steer
And the wash of beauty contained her tears
Each step a blessing of the inner ear


Scheme AABC
Poetic Form
Metre 011010101 1111001101 0011100101 1101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 153
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on June 15, 2022

Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Heather Lydia Thornhill

Moods and mindsets poetry. Published. Book in progress: Don't talk rot. more…

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