Analysis of When I was a waterfall
When I was a waterfall I rode the moonlight river
It widened to its precipas
And almost made me quiver
I tipped the edge and off I flew
Falling like a child
I jumped and splashed every puddle that had been on every side
But then I returned to the river bed
Where my weary teardrops
Had wet a weary head
| Scheme | ABACDEFBF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 111010110110 110111 011110 11010111 10101 11011001011111001 1110110101 11101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 302 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Written on September 18, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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