Analysis of Freedom
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
Freedom is reading behind bars that keep out the past.
Freedom is a lonely word that crowds itself in poets.
It is free on the outside yet cowers behind bars of flesh.
Freedom barricades other peoples desires and hopes.
Freedom is pressured by what you have to do or what you have not.
Freedom clings to buildings with everything its got.
Freedom locks itself up then gives the key to God.
Freedom doesn't exist perhaps it never should?
| Scheme | ABCDEEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011001111101 10101011101010 11110111101111 1010101001001 1011011111111111 10111011011 101011110111 101001011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 436 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 350 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Written on September 20, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 20, 2022
Modified on March 17, 2023
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