Analysis of Silk Against Stone
A ribbon of foam wends its way to the valley below,
over rocks coarse and knobbly.
Running past me, a gentle, comforting gurgle.
Above me, the violent hiss of cold water,
silk against stone.
The surrounding walls of ferns and moss
appreciate the achievement as much as I.
| Scheme | AABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011111101001 101101 101101010010 011010011110 1011 001011101 01000101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 271 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 215 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
I wrote this at Stairstep Falls in Samuel P. Taylor State Park, near the Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Written on April 03, 1999
Submitted by Inconceivable! on August 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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