Analysis of Riptide by:Vance Joy



was scared of dentists and the dark
I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations
Oh, all my friends are turning green
You're the magician's assistant in their dream
Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ahh-ah-ah
And they come unstuck
Lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song
And I got a lump in my throat
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
There's this movie that I think you'll like
This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
This cowboy's running from himself
And she's been living on the highest shelf
Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah-ahh-oh
And they come unstuck
Lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song
And I got a lump in my throat
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
I just wanna, I just wanna know
If you're gonna, if you're gonna stay
I just gotta, I just gotta know
I can't have it, I can't have it any other way
I swear she's destined for the screen
Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen, oh
Lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song
And I got a lump in my throat
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
Oh lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song
And I got a lump in my throat
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
Oh lady, running down to the riptide
Taken away to the dark side
I wanna be your left hand man
I love you when you're singing that song
And I got a lump in my throat
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
Yeah, I got a lump in my throat
'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong


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Poetic Form Etheree  (24%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110001 1111101010010 11111101 101010011 11111111 01101 10101101 10011011 11011111 111111011 01101011 11101011 111011111 11111110111110 1110101 0111010101 1111111 01101 10101101 10011011 11011111 111111011 01101011 11101011 111011101 111011101 111011101 1111111110101 11110101 10110110111011 10101101 10011011 11011111 111111011 01101011 11101011 110101101 10011011 11011111 111111011 01101011 11101011 110101101 10011011 11011111 111111011 01101011 11101011 11101011 11101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,804
Words 352
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 50
Lines Amount 50
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,398
Words per stanza (avg) 352
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Written on April 12, 2022

Submitted on April 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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