Analysis of Water's Edge
standing near
the deepest part of
the water's edge,
and peering
into restless
sea, my life
searched for
perfection
so, I drank the
potion and slashed
my wrist and jumped
from the highest cliff,
to greet my own reflection
| Scheme | XXXXXXXA XXXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 01011 0101 010 0110 111 11 010 1110 1001 1101 10101 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 219 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on September 08, 2021
Submitted by gregory_g on September 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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