Analysis of Porcelain Doll



There was a child with heavens eyes
She played with a teaser coloured like the skies
In a tartan dress, she told no lies
But presented her eyes like gifts of devine
I hardly noticed her glowing in shine
her delicate body, or heart laid bare
So I couldn't help but say Hello there.
And as if I was her mother she stared
Then I left her busy festival of care
There in her tiny heaven I'd dared
Like when I was a child growing up there
She'd been schooled there many long weeks
With her button nose and her rosebud cheeks
Like a blessed child no words passed her lips
She had tiny hands and balancing hips
She'd walked up to me and taken her snipits
Then I scooped up my cherub who was feeling quite sick.


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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 702
Words 139
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 557
Words per stanza (avg) 138
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Written on June 24, 2022

Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 24, 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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