Analysis of Over There
Hope migrates to
sunny Island shores.
There is no sorrow,
roses always bloom,
and the birds of paradise
fly forever free.
The salty ocean
cleanses the rot
from the skin
and the heart.
Written by
Thomas W. Case
| Scheme | XXXXXXXXXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 10101 11110 1011 001110 10101 01010 101 101 001 101 101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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