Analysis of Roofers
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
The roofers had so much to say
One was a working
The other was at play
They spoke through the scaffolding
Their new friendship soldering
| Scheme | ABABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (60%) |
| Metre | 01011111 11010 010111 1110100 1110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 137 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on June 15, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on June 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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