Analysis of Ebb and flow
The clouds, they moved with seem less ease,
Across the hills upon the breeze.
A wall of water gently fell in their wake,
It embraced the earth and kissed the lake.
The wind soon blew to caress the trees, And the sun shimmered down to dress the leaves.
From the lake to the river, the water swiftly moved,
From the river to the sea, where they both then fused.
The droplets of water now danced in the sea,
When the sea then sighed and set them free.
Up through the air with a timeless grace,
Once more in the sky, the clouds to embrace.
Scheme | AABB XXX CCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111 01010101 01110101011 101010101 0111101010011011101 1011010010101 101010111111 01011011001 101110111 110110101 1100101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 543 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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