Analysis of Floating/Driftwood
I’ve been drifting for days, floating.
Restless, like salt-battered driftwood that goes
wherever the wind pushes the waves.
Somehow, I always end up at your feet, awash
in foam on those white shores.
Tell me, will you drag me out and set me on fire?
It would be more than drifting aimlessly on the breeze.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101110 101110111 010011001 1111111101 011111 1111111011110 1111110100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 307 |
Words | 59 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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