Analysis of Where did that Come from?
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
My aura looked plain clear,
when I stretched my fingers
out and cast them over a white
ship to see the meaning of me.
A little girl in a red dress lingered,
her white flowers pulled a sagging
balloon through the boatyard gates.
Let's see what's it like on here then,
I cried. The revelation coming to me.
I think I'll call it 'heaven'.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHDI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 110111 111110 10111001 11101011 0101001110 01101010 011011 11111111 1100101011 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 259 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
About this poem
The boatsman who gives safe passage to the underworld.
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Written on September 09, 2021
Submitted by heathert.34240 on September 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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