Analysis of Falling Under
Laura Guarnera 1979 (Ohio)
The subtle tease of lapping water
Licking at your toes
Gently creeping upward
Slowly
Ever so gradually
Until you realize you are waist deep
Chest deep
Neck deep
Gasping and flailing
The wave washes over you
Relentlessly roiling and surging
The onslaught ceaseless and breathless
You reach blindly
The wave surges
Grasp desperately for a hand...a connection
Flailing
Thrashing
Desperate
Drowning
| Scheme | ABCDDEEEFGFHDIJFFKF |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111010 10111 101010 10 1011000 011101111 11 11 10010 0110101 010010010 0110010 1110 0110 110001010010 10 10 10 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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