Analysis of Young
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Younger than a sea of light
Yet older than the stars
How can I please such dreaming hearts
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 1010111 110101 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 90 |
| Words | 18 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Written on September 18, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 17, 2022
Modified on April 14, 2023
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