Analysis of Ache
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
My body aches now
I tell the old and the young
But not the angels
My knees bend both ways
My back is bruised by my mistakes
My arms held out too long
I repeat it again and again
My body aches
But nobody comes to heal
I haven't asked God yet
Or myself
I'm still, strong
Nobody is going to wheel me around
I'm a walking gal
But my body aches now
| Scheme | ABCDEFGEHIJFKLA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
| Metre | 11011 1101001 11010 11111 11111101 111111 101101001 1101 11111 110111 11 111 111011101 10101 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 343 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 267 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Written on February 07, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on February 06, 2023
Modified by heathert.34240 on February 06, 2023
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