Analysis of Kiss of life
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
When I kissed you I heard my lips tell yours "He is the one."
I heard "Don't stop yet. I bet.
Her heart beats too."
I heard your cheeks ask "Share the love."
So you breathed in deeper. To catch our breath and shared my trembling wrists as they rose, sending ripples of hope across your gaping mouth. South of them your little chin, that said welcome in, like the rainbow mat your head lay on.
North your eyes began to stun as if your life had just begun again flashing before your eyes. East and west your ears said I'm listening for the answer to an unsaid question..."You died." I answered. Then your lips closed and I said "I can't kiss you."
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| Metre | 11111111111101 1111111 0111 11111101 11101011101011100111110101101110111111011110010111111 111011111111101011001111011111100101011011111011110111111 |
| Characters | 646 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 82 |
| Words per line (avg) | 21 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 492 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Written on September 21, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 21, 2022
Modified by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 21, 2022
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