Analysis of A Falling Tide
Our memory—the enemy
Remembering back
To when we were stronger
To when we attacked
But now in our weakness
Remembering when
Our tide was still rising
Our will stronger then
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)
| Scheme | A XX X X BXB A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101000100 01001 111010 11101 1101010 01001 1011110 101101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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