Analysis of Bridges over the ice.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
The deep shadows of stepping stones
Souled across the river
In angelic tones
Each one looking toward God of love
Whispering moans of the rapids
harking at them.
| Scheme | ABACDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111101 101010 0101 111001111 10011010 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 164 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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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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